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| (Proposed) Alabama Lottery |
A constitutional amendment to allow a State Lottery
was soundly defeated on October 12, 1999. With 98% of precincts reporting,
663,988 people, or 54%, opposed the lottery referendum, and 559,377 people, or
46%, supported it. Turnout was estimated at 50%.
Gubernatorial Candidate
Talks-Up Education Lottery While On Campaign Trail
EUTFAULA, Alabama (July 21, 2010) - Gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks, a
Democrat who is currently the state’s commissioner for agriculture and
industry, was in Eufaula Wednesday to speak at the Alabama Sheriff’s
Association summer meeting.........Subscribers
Democrat Nominee Will
Continue To Push for State Lottery
MONTGOMERY, Alabama
(June 2, 2010) - The state's new Democratic nominee for governor, Agriculture
Commissioner Ron Sparks, held a news conference at his campaign headquarters
Wednesday..........Subscribers
Alabama Lawmaker Touts
State Lottery
DECATUR, Alabama (May 26, 2010) - Democrat
Ron Sparks stopped over briefly in Decatur on Wednesday at Pryor Field and
touted a state lottery..............Subscribers
Gubernatorial Candidates
Take Stands on Gambling
Alabama (April 27, 2010) --
The Democratic candidates for governor, U.S. Rep. Artur Davis and Agriculture
Commissioner Ron Sparks, have sharp differences for voters to examine about
gambling.....................Subscribers
Electronic Bingo Bill
Pulled From Consideration in Alabama House
MONTGOMERY,
Alabama (April 21, 2010) - A bill to legalize, tax and regulate electronic
bingo machines was pulled from consideration in the Alabama House on Wednesday
with reporting that the sponsor said the issue appears dead after dominating
the 2010 session of the Legislature................Subscribers
Some Gubernatorial
Candidates Want to Legalize Nearly all Gambling in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 14, 2010) -- Reports that nearly every type of
gambling would be legal in Alabama -- including card games, sports betting,
craps and roulette -- if two contenders for the state's top job were to get
their way.......................Subscribers
Lottery Business Booming
Along Alabama Borders with Tennessee and Georgia
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (March 12, 2010) - The intense debate over electronic
bingo in Alabama appears to have no affect on people crossing state lines to
play the lottery. One of Tennessee's top-selling lottery outlets estimates
60-65% of its business comes from Alabama lottery
players....................Subscribers
Poll Finds Overwhelming
(70%) Support for State Lottery
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March
3, 2010) – According to a local media report a poll conducted for the
Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) found a significant majority
said electronic bingo should be allowed, and that it should be taxed and
regulated.................Subscribers
Alabama Gambling Task
Force Banishes 300 Bingo Machines
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama
(February 19, 2010) -- The governor's anti-gambling task force is reported to
have asked the manager of a Birmingham warehouse to remove 300 electronic bingo
machines that were stored there and then escorted the machines toward the state
line.......................Subscribers
Gubernatorial Candidates
Discuss Gambling at Forum
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (February 9,
2010) -- Seven of the nine candidates for governor on Monday attended a forum
hosted by the Christian Coalition of Alabama.....................Subscribers
Alabama Governor Gives
Details of Gambling Resignation
MONTGOMERY, Alabama
(January 19, 2010) -- According to a report the gambling winnings that prompted
the resignation of director of the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling
occurred at a Choctaw Indian casino in Philadelphia,
Miss...................Subscribers
Democratic Candidate for
Governor Says Voters 'More Receptive' To Lottery Now
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (August 15, 2009) - Democrat Ron Sparks, campaigning
for governor in 2010, hopes that his embrace of the "l" word will appeal to
Alabama voters........................Subscribers
Democratic Gubernatorial
Candidate Proposes Alabama Lottery
ALABAMA, USA (July 7,
2009) -- Alabama Agriculture Commissioner and 2010 Democratic gubernatorial
candidate, Ron Sparks, announced during a Thursday press conference, that as
Governor he would bring what he called a comprehensive and sweeping platform of
change, to the state, including an education lottery....................Subscribers
Lottery Draws Players
Across State Lines
TENNESSEE, USA (April 5, 2008) –
Alabama's neighboring states of Georgia, Tennessee and Florida all have
lotteries. And, according to a local media report 14 of Tennessee's 50
best-selling stores are on the Georgia and Alabama borders...............Subscribers
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