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Alabama Casino Advocates Intensify Campaign, Republicans Show Little Interest
GOP BlockageState Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Baldwin) says he will again introduce a commercial gaming bill during the 2022 session, which begins next Tuesday, January 11. The session is slated to run through April 25.
Albritton has been a stalwart supporter of expanding gambling in Alabama. He says his .
Along with the three Wind Creek tribal casinos being allowed to become commercial entities with slots and tables, sought to allow the four greyhound tracks to pursue casino licenses. Those facilities are Birmingham Race Course, Greenetrack Bingo Racing, Mobile Greyhound Park, and VictoryLand.
While Albritton is a Republican, his party colleagues in Montgomery are nowhere near as enthusiastic about casinos. The GOP has strong control of both the Alabama House and Senate. If Republicans rallied around casinos, the party has adequate power to legalize such gambling, as the GOP controls more than a two-thirds majority in both chambers.
The odds of that happening, however, are long.
The House Republican caucus unveiled its 2022 legislative priorities this week, and casino gambling was nowhere to be found. House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-DeKalb) opined that there simply isn t enough support among the party to pursue gaming.
I think at the end of the day, there s just too many unanswered questions, Ledbetter said.
