Republican state Senator Greg Albritton, who sponsored both bills, told the Senate Tourism Committee they result from last year’s work to get gambling expansion through the Alabama legislature.Īlbritton said both were crucial to regulating gaming in Alabama and reminded his Senate colleagues that the “issue of a lottery is important to the people of Alabama.” The bill would also impose a 20 percent tax on net gaming revenues for casinos and sports betting. Senate Bill 294 is the enabling legislation to create a state gaming commission to award a casino license at Greenetrack in Green County, Birmingham Race Course, VictoryLand in Macon County, the Mobile County Greyhound Racing Facility, and a casino in either DeKalb or Jackson county operated by the Poarch Band. Senate Bill 293 is a constitutional amendment that would create the Alabama Education Lottery, allow the state to enter into compact negotiations with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and allow for two satellite casinos and legalize sports betting. Two pieces of legislation that would allow for five casinos, two satellite facilities, sports betting and create a gaming commission to regulate the industry in Alabama were passed out of committee on Wednesday (March 9) and sent to the full Senate for consideration.

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