Alabama Senate defeats lottery and gambling bill
Looking back on Tuesday evening, Del Marsh said he should have held the vote on a lottery and gambling bill when he had the votes.
But hoping to ease concerns about the bill from some members, he agreed to delay it. And that delay proved fatal to the legislation. I made a rookie mistake, Marsh said after the Senate narrowly defeated his amendment to establish a lottery, sports betting and casino gambling in the state of Alabama. And I told three or four members in the body after that it was a mistake.
Sen. Del Marsh disappointed at defeat of bill, says Alabama deserves vote on lottery, casinos
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
Sen. Del Marsh, lectern on the right, discusses an amendment to his lottery and casino bill by Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, lectern on the left.
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Sen. Del Marsh said today he was disappointed the Senate didn’t allow what he thinks most people in Alabama want, a chance to vote on whether to allow a lottery and casinos in the state.
“Honestly, I’m disappointed,” Marsh said after his bill fell two votes shy of the 21 needed in the 35-member Senate. “Because I think it was the first attempt for the first time in a long time to have meaningful reform in gaming. A very comprehensive bill that I thought treated the state very fairly and was going to do some good things for the state. But it is what it is.”
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Alabama Senate votes down gambling, lottery bill
Alabama Senate votes down gambling, lottery bill By Lydia Nusbaum and WSFA Staff | March 9, 2021 at 5:04 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 4:00 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Senate has voted down a bill that would have given residents a chance to vote on expanding gambling and establishing a lottery in the state.
The legislation needed 21 votes to pass the chamber and move to the House but failed on a vote of 19-13.
The senators who voted for the bill were Greg Albritton, William Beasley, Donnie Chesteen, Linda Coleman-Madison, Vivian Davis Figures, Kirk Hatcher, Jimmy Holley, Andrew Jones, Steve Livingston, Del Marsh, Jim McClendon, Tim Melson, Randy Price, Greg Reed, Bobby Singleton, Rodger Smitherman, J. T. Waggoner, Tom Whatley and Jack Williams.
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