U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville pulled in a series of big donations in March in his campaign to be Alabama’s next governor.
Those donations include $150,000 from a Birmingham businessman and $30,000 from an online gambling company, VGW Luckyland Inc., a subsidiary of a huge Australian gambling company.
Alabama is one of only five states without a lottery. Gambling is illegal in the state and occurs only in facilities controlled by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
“Just because gambling is illegal in Alabama now does not mean that it will be illegal forever,” said Robert Jarvis, professor of law at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, and an expert on gambling and sports law.
