Coming Soon… The Alabama Gambling Vote

The Alabama gambling vote is coming up more and more in the state; people want to have a say in the matter.

“Sweet Home, Alabama,” is what gambling operators will be singing at the top of their voices when lobbyists finally manage to push through gambling legislation in the state. According to AL, a recent poll of the Alabama Jobs Foundation showed that there are “Alabamians who want the right to vote on the issue and who say they support a lottery and casino games.” The Foundation was established to support Senator Del Marsh’s legislation on the issue.

From the poll, it becomes apparent that Alabamians want US poker rooms and poker winners, and to play live casino games. The polls showed that 89% of Alabamians would love to vote on the issue of gambling, 80% of them would highly support a lottery education. The polls also found that 69% of the asked people would “support a gambling/lottery constitutional amendment, which would be required before any gambling could begin.”

Marsh knows that the Alabama gambling vote is not enough in itself

As AL reports, Senator Del Marsh was “not surprised by the numbers,” and he emphasized that introducing gambling to the state would put “$400 million into the state’s coffers, create 11,000 new jobs and have an economic impact of almost $1.3 billion on the state.” Senator Del Marsh also admitted, that the “gaming piece of legislation I have will not solve this year’s budget problem.” They haven’t yet talked about mobile casino gambling.

According to AL, Sen. Del Marsh told the public that it would take a minimum of 18 months for the income from gambling to make its way into the State’s wallet, so he strongly highlighted the fact that introducing gambling would be a long-term solution. Bringing up the results of the poll, he said, “I think we all agree that if we had this in place, it will contribute and help solve future budget problems. […]I have to especially ask my colleagues to look at this when I look at 66 percent oppose new taxes.”