Alabama lottery, casino legislation heads to conference committee
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday rejected Senate changes to lottery and gambling legislation as the two chambers remain apart on whether to allow sports betting and multiple casinos in the state.
Representatives voted to send the bill to a conference committee. It was the first legislative action on the bill that has been stalled since the Alabama Senate scaled back a sweeping House-passed plan that would have allowed a lottery, sports betting and up to 10 casinos with table games. The Senate version would not allow sport betting and would not allow casinos outside of tribal land.
"The optimism is gone," Sen. Greg Albritton, who handled the bill in the Senate, said of his hope of reaching a compromise. He said some senators have taken hard line...