The gambling and lottery bill in the Alabama State House was introduced and quickly shot down, making the latest version its quickest and most uneventful sequel to date.
But unlike a campy horror flick that keeps coming back, the sponsor of this bill is convinced this issue has finally run its course. In fact, he’s declaring the issue dead for at least the next two decades.
“We’ve been struggling with this for 25-26 years already … I don’t see anything changing,” said Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore. He added he was “disappointed, extremely so,” in Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger’s statement late Thursday that the gambling and lottery measure wasn’t going anywhere this spring.
