Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday rejected Senate changes to lottery and gambling ...

Alabama lawmakers start the second half of the 2024 legislative session this week with major issues pending, including a plan for a lottery and more state-regulated gambling. The Republican-led ...

Alabama is racing against five other states as the last one standing without scratch-off tickets, Powerball, or any of the convenience store games that have become a staple across the country. But as ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - It’s been 25 years since the lottery made it on the ballot in Alabama, back then the measure failed. Every year since, the issue has resurfaced, but none have made it as far as ...

A group of Alabama lawmakers unveiled a sweeping gambling bill Wednesday that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South state as some Republicans look to get ...

Loretta Williams lives in Alabama but drove to Georgia to buy a lottery ticket for a chance at winning the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot. She was one of many Alabama ticket-buyers flooding across ...

Alabamians can’t buy a lottery ticket or place a legal wager on football in their home state, and that can’t change until the Legislature puts a gambling proposal on the ballot for voters. That’s not ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Legislation that would authorize a lottery and other types of gambling in Alabama is headed to a conference committee as lawmakers try to bridge divisions over sports betting ...