Alabama Senate will address electronic bingo expansion

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A state senator with two Indian casinos in his district said the tribe wins no matter how this turns out over electronic bingo turns out in the Alabama Legislature.

Sen. Larry Dixon, said Thursday he is not sure how he will vote on bingo legislation that is expected to come up next week in the Senate.

He did say that if the measure becomes law, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians gets to add electronic bingo at the Mobile County dog track, where the tribe is the majority owner.

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The Alabama bingo bill is, well... Dead.

I just read that Democratic Sen. Roger Bedford is no longer going to push for the regulation of electronic bingo since his proposal fell three votes short on Wednesday.

He had been trying to have the senate allow for a full debate on adding a constitutional amendment to tax, regulate and expand electronic bingo casinos.

He also delayed his proposal of allowing the closed bingo halls to reopen.

An opponent of the bills, Gov. Bob Riley, said senators understood the bills were crooked and gave a monopoly to a few politically connected casino bosses.
Another opponent, the Rev. Dan Ireland of the Alabama Citizen Action Program, said he expects the bills to resurface because too much money is at stake for casino operators.

chipleypaper.com

So is this the last of it or not?

I think this is a real shame. What a great money making opportunity they are passing up on.

[ClassyTouch]

Oh this is not the end of it, you can bet on it!! The Indians will never give up on this!!

You can watch the news on it, it is far from over. It is a stupid aurgument to start with, but that is our politicians..