Category Archives: Bingo

Alabama Gaming Proposal

Senator Del Marsh, who served as president pro tem of the Alabama Senate 2010–2020, introduced on February 9, 2021, SB214, a bill proposing an amendment to the Alabama Constitution (the CA). The CA proposes comprehensive authorization of gaming, including a lottery, five casinos, and sports wagering. It also authorizes and encourages Governor Kay Ivey to … Continue Reading

Casino Gaming in Georgia? Don’t Bet On It Just Yet

By Chris Ulfers on January 18, 2017 Posted in Bingo, Casino Gaming, Georgia Gaming, Government Regulation, Horse-racing, Tribal Gaming

Casino gaming is, at present, not permitted in the State of Georgia. Indeed, some commentators have gone as far as to categorize Georgia as one of the three least gambling-friendly states in the nation. Yet, others believe that Georgia’s casino-gaming prohibition may soon come to an end. In fact, some legislators and commentators are of … Continue Reading

Texas Gaming Issues 2016 Year in Review

By Tommy Shepherd on December 15, 2016 Posted in Bingo, Casino Gaming, Horse-racing, Tribal Gaming

The 2016 year has been a challenging one for gaming in Texas. Horse-racing, gaming rooms, charity bingo, and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe have all been at the forefront of this year’s challenges. Horse-racing: Texas’s big race parks were ordered to close for a day after a dispute between the Texas Legislature and the … Continue Reading

Alabama Legislature Ends Session at Impasse Over Gaming

By Matthew C. McDonald on May 11, 2016 Posted in Bingo, Tribal Gaming

The Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die on May 4, 2016, without adopting gaming measures which could have shored up its beleaguered budgets. Alabama’s general fund budget, chronically beset by inadequate funding for Medicaid and Corrections, was adopted in this same session over Governor Bentley’s veto even though it left a projected $85 million shortfall in … Continue Reading

Alabama’s Gaming Climate

By Kirkland E. Reid on March 31, 2016 Posted in Bingo, Lottery News

On November 5, 2015, Governor Robert Bentley issued Executive Order No. 13. This Order restored the “primary responsibility” for enforcing Alabama’s gambling laws to the sheriffs and district attorneys of each county “to be guided by their respective interpretation of the laws of the State of Alabama in their capacity as constitutional officers and officers … Continue Reading