Mobile and Baldwin County News
State Sen. Greg Albritton has introduced new constitutional amendment legislation that would let Alabama voters decide on a state lottery, expanded casino gambling and sports betting, with Mobile County's greyhound…
Alabama's 2022 legislative session opens under the shadow of election-year politics and an open race for House leadership, with gambling policy, ARPA spending and a slate of Baldwin and Mobile…
Alabama's Legislature sent a medical cannabis bill to Gov. Kay Ivey's desk this month, but a Senate-passed lottery, casino and sports betting package stalled in the House with the 2021…
With Mega Millions climbing toward $750 million and Powerball sitting near $640 million, Alabama residents spent Friday crossing the state line into Florida to buy tickets, and the Flora-Bama Liquor…
The Alabama Senate has narrowly approved a lottery bill, voting 21-12 on Thursday to advance a proposal that would let voters decide on a state lottery. The vote came after…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A bill that would create a paper-ticket lottery in Alabama cleared a state Senate committee Tuesday on a 6-5 vote and now heads to the full Senate…
Two Alabama senators are pushing measures that could let voters decide whether the state joins the lottery era. Sen. Jim McClendon, R-St. Clair, introduced a pair of bills Tuesday —…
Mobile oddsmaker and sports analyst Danny Sheridan said it was past time for Alabama to consider a lottery or casinos, arguing the state was subsidizing gaming in Mississippi, Florida and…