State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) said tougher penalties should be in place against operators of illegal gambling if lawmakers want to prevent it from taking place in Alabama. Despite the nearly successful attempt to authorize certain forms of legal gambling while cracking down on illegal operations during the 2024 state legislative session — illegal gambling operations remain widespread.
Givhan discussed the issue Thursday on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show.”
“I think we’re going to have to make a felony to stop anything,” Givhan argued. “Because what my understanding is is they can put these illegal machines in which they do all over the place, and they put them in, and they pay for themselves in very short period of time. I don’t remember what that time period is, but there’s nothing else that I know that you can buy, that you can pay for itself that quickly.”
