https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/ New laws, launches, tax changes and enacted bills on gambling in Alabama. en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2026-01-13:2026 Alabama Regular Session opens with no gaming bill plann Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter both say there is insufficient support to move a lottery/casino/sports-betting bill in 2026; Sen. Greg Albritton (past sponsor) does not file a bill this session. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2025:Rep. Jim Hill files HB47, a narrow Section 65 amendment for Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT Bill would amend Article IV, Section 65 to let the Legislature authorize traditional paper raffles and traditional paper bingo for noncommercial charitable purposes, after the Attorney General's office sent a cease-and-desist letter to a nonprofit planning a children's-charity raffle. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2024-02-15:Alabama House passes HB 151 and HB 152 comprehensive gaming Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT HB 151 (constitutional amendment authorizing a state lottery, sports betting, and up to 7 land-based casinos, to go to a Nov. 2024 statewide referendum) passed 70-32; HB 152 (implementing/regulatory statute) passed 67-31. Both bills moved to the Senate. — 2024 Ala. H.B. 151; H.B. 152 https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2024:2024 gaming package dies in Alabama Senate Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT A scaled-back version of the House-passed lottery/casino/sports-betting package fell one vote short in the Senate, ending the 2024 effort. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2021:SB311 (2021) proposed overhaul of Title 13A-12 gambling code Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT Senate bill would have amended Sections 13A-12-20 through 13A-12-30, added new Sections 13A-12-32 through 13A-12-39, and repealed Section 13A-12-29, updating criminal gambling provisions as part of that year's broader casino/sports-wagering legalization package. The package, including SB311, died in the House. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2020:Birmingham Race Course closes Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT Birmingham Race Course, operating since 1987, closes. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2019:Poarch Band proposes $1 billion "grand bargain" for exclusiv Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT Poarch Band of Creek Indians proposes paying Alabama roughly $1 billion in exchange for exclusive statewide casino gambling rights; no deal has resulted, and the state has not negotiated a Class III compact with the tribe. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2017:Mobile Greyhound Park closes Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT Mobile Greyhound Park (Theodore, AL), operating since 1973, closes. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2016-04-08:Alabama AG issues cease-and-desist letters to DraftKings and Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT Attorney General Luther Strange's office concluded paid daily fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling under Alabama's "material element of chance" standard and gave DraftKings and FanDuel until May 1, 2016 to stop offering paid contests in the state; both operators exited. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2016-03-31:Alabama Supreme Court rules VictoryLand's electronic bingo m Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMT Alabama Supreme Court holds VictoryLand's electronic bingo machines are not the "bingo" authorized by the local constitutional amendment and are illegal gambling devices. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2016:Alabama Supreme Court reaffirms electronic bingo ruling, rul Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT Court sided with the State over roughly 825 electronic bingo machines seized from Greenetrack in a 2010 raid, reversing a lower court and allowing destruction of the machines; reaffirmed that electronic bingo "in all forms" is illegal and held that private individuals may sue illegal gambling operations. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2014-04-10:M.D. Ala. dismisses State of Alabama v. PCI Gaming Authority Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:00:00 GMT Federal district court dismissed the State's public-nuisance and §1166 claims against the Poarch Band's gaming authority and officials on tribal-sovereign-immunity and IGRA-preemption grounds, without deciding whether the tribe's gaming is lawful. — 15 F. Supp. 3d 1161 (M.D. Ala. 2014) https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2010-08-09:VictoryLand closes ahead of threatened gambling task force r Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT Owner Milton McGregor closed VictoryLand's electronic bingo operation in Shorter, Macon County, as Gov. Bob Riley's anti-gambling task force prepared to raid pending an Alabama Supreme Court ruling; idled roughly 6,000 machines and 600 workers. Greenetrack and Country Crossing had already closed under similar pressure. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:2003-11-04:Greene County voters approve local constitutional bingo amen Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:00:00 GMT Local constitutional amendment authorizes nonprofit organizations to conduct "bingo games" in Greene County; later held by the Alabama Supreme Court not to cover electronic bingo machines. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:1999:Statewide lottery referendum fails Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:00:00 GMT Alabama voters rejected a constitutional amendment to authorize a state education lottery, amid opposition from churches and out-of-state gambling interests. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:1984:Poarch Band of Creek Indians achieves federal recognition Sun, 01 Jan 1984 12:00:00 GMT The Poarch Band becomes one of the first tribes recognized through the BIA's federal acknowledgment process, later taking a 229-acre tract into trust that became the basis for its Alabama gaming operations. https://gamblingatlas.org/states/alabama/#timeline event:AL:1901:Alabama Constitution ratified with Article IV, Section 65 lo Tue, 01 Jan 1901 12:00:00 GMT Section 65 bars the legislature from authorizing lotteries or gift enterprises and requires laws to prohibit the sale of lottery tickets.