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The debate in the conservative state over asking voters to approve casinos and a lottery as an alternative to raising taxes is producing some unlikely bedfellows
Max Blau
Sunday 24 May 2015
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Del Marsh doesn’t consider himself a betting man. Yet the longtime Republican official representing Anniston, Alabama, has placed his chips on a solution to fix the state’s several-hundred-million-dollar budget shortfall that’s reignited the longstanding debate over a controversial topic in this conservative state: gambling.
Past efforts to loosen Alabama’s gaming restrictions have largely fallen on closed ears. But the times could be changing. A new proposal to legalize traditional casinos and establish a lottery, two forms of gambling that have traditionally encountered backlash in the heart of the Bible belt, has surfaced at the behest of conservative lawmakers.
Alabama s dilemma choosing between gambling or taxes to plug budget deficit US news The Guardian
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Max Blau
Sunday 24 May 2015
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Del Marsh doesn’t consider himself a betting man. Yet the longtime Republican official representing Anniston, Alabama, has placed his chips on a solution to fix the state’s several-hundred-million-dollar budget shortfall that’s reignited the longstanding debate over a controversial topic in this conservative state: gambling.
Past efforts to loosen Alabama’s gaming restrictions have largely fallen on closed ears. But the times could be changing. A new proposal to legalize traditional casinos and establish a lottery, two forms of gambling that have traditionally encountered backlash in the heart of the Bible belt, has surfaced at the behest of conservative lawmakers.
Alabama s dilemma choosing between gambling or taxes to plug budget deficit US news The Guardian