{"id":4010,"date":"2024-12-06T15:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2024-12-19T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T13:34:26","slug":"alabama-republican-lawmaker-says-votes-lacking-for-gaming-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/alabama-republican-lawmaker-says-votes-lacking-for-gaming-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Republican Lawmaker Says Votes Lacking for Gaming Package"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Alabama Republican in the state Senate is warning those who want to legalize more forms of gambling that the odds aren\u2019t good a bill will find adequate support when the new legislature convenes in February.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alabama Republican Sen. Sam Givhan doesn\u2019t think the odds are good that a gambling bill will gain traction next year. The Alabama Legislature convenes in February. (Image: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In May, state Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) was among the 15 \u201cno\u201d votes on a gaming package compromise reached by a special conference committee that stopped the issue from going before voters during last month\u2019s presidential election. Givhan says though the Senate and House makeup will change next year when lawmakers are sworn in, he doesn\u2019t believe the tide has changed in gaming\u2019s favor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t think the election changes anything,\u201d Givhan said during an interview on \u201cThe Dale Jackson Show\u201d on WVNN Radio<\/i>. \u201cOur new caucus rule says a majority of our caucus has to support a bill to go forward. We\u2019re just not there. Not close.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

House Bill 151, the committee\u2019s compromise, required three-fifths majority support to reach the ballot. The legislative-initiated referendum easily passed the House of Delegates in May before failing in the Senate by a single vote<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2025 Gaming Odds<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

The committee of three state Senators and three House Delegates recommended that voters be presented with a referendum asking them to authorize a state-run lottery, electronic gaming machines<\/a> at parimutuel wagering facilities, and enter into a Class III tribal gaming compact with the Poach Band of Creek Indians to bring Las Vegas-style slots and live dealer table games to the tribe\u2019s Wind Creek casinos<\/a>. The committee opted to exclude sports betting.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the conference committee\u2019s members \u2014 state Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) \u2014 was the deciding \u201cno\u201d vote after he said he was overruled in seeking more privileges for the Poach Indians. Albritton, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress this year by way of Alabama\u2019s 2nd congressional district, wanted to allow the tribe to pursue a casino in the northern part of the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The tribe\u2019s current Class II electronic bingo casinos \u2014 Wind Creek Atmore, Wind Creek Montgomery, and Wind Creek Wetumpka \u2014 are in the southern part of the state. Alabama\u2019s two most populated cities, Huntsville and Birmingham, are in the northern half.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

House Republicans backed the 2024 gaming package<\/a> with a 70-32 vote. House leaders, however, say they aren\u2019t going to lead the gaming push next year because there presumably isn\u2019t support in the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe House has said repeatedly they\u2019re not going to start the bill,\u201d Givhan said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying we don\u2019t talk about [gaming]. I just don\u2019t see [a bill] coming forward this quadrennium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Next Best Thing<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

For now, it appears Alabama will continue to remain free of slot machines, live dealer table games, and sports betting. As a result, the Poach Indians, the only federally recognized tribe in Alabama,\u00a0purchased the\u00a0Birmingham Racecourse last month<\/a> to secure a market position in the state\u2019s northern half<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a parimutuel wagering facility, the racecourse is permitted to house slot-like historical horse racing (HHR) machines. HHR terminals look and sound like slots but instead of randomizing the outcome of each play as a slot does, a historical racing machine determines wins based on previously run horse races.<\/span><\/p>\n

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An Alabama Republican in the state Senate is warning those who want to legalize more forms of gambling that the odds aren\u2019t good a bill will find adequate support when the new legislature convenes in February. Alabama Republican Sen. Sam Givhan doesn\u2019t think the odds are good that a gambling bill will gain traction next…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4013,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions\/4013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}