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Top 12 Mississippi Gaming Stories Of 2016

By Tommy Shepherd on Posted in Bingo, Casino Gaming, Daily Fantasy Sports, Government Regulation, Lottery News, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Tribal Gaming
Gaming partner Tommy Shepherd was published in Law360 for his article, “Top 12 Mississippi Gaming Stories of 2016,” on December 23, 2016. The article is a retrospect on the gaming industry in Mississippi during the past year. Please click here to read the article or below to read the list. … Continue Reading

Alabama Legislature Ends Session at Impasse Over Gaming

By Matthew C. McDonald on 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 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
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