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In 2006, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which made it illegal for wagering businesses to knowingly accept payment in connection with unlawful Internet gambling (though it does not itself make Internet gambling illegal). 109-347, Title VIII (Oct. 13, 2006) (codified at 31 U.S.C. §§ 5301, 5361–67. Illegal gambling often takes the form of otherwise legal games put on in illegal venues, which complicates the issue even further. Slot machine must be licensed. One of the most common types of illegal gambling involves games that may otherwise be legal in illegal venues that do not have permission from the state to operate. Here's how the game works: A player pays the punchboard's operator a set amount of money (usually a nickel, dime or quarter) for a chance to use a metal stylus (or 'punch') to break the seal on the hole of his choice, and 'punch' one of the slips of paper out of the board.
© Provided by Montgomery-Selma WSFA A member of Gov. Kay Ivey's Study Group on Gambling Policy holds the finalized 800-page report during a news conference on the Capitol steps Friday.MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The governor’s Study Group on Gambling Policy has finalized its work and has issued an 800-page report on the matter for Gov. Kay Ivey to review.
Ivey created the group by executive order in February with the goal of looking at gambling’s impact on Alabama. She said Friday morning her team is pouring over the findings, and she encouraged state legislators and all Alabamians to do the same.
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“I believe their research will be pivotal as gambling policies are being considered, debated, and potentially voted on,” Ivey stated.
Former Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, who is the chair of the study group, held a news conference on the steps of the Capitol where he said “Alabama is coming late to this gambling party.”
The group projects a lottery, casino gaming, and sports betting would bring in about $700 million annually while just a lottery would produce between $200 to $300 million.
Strange said no conclusion was made on how that money would be used, but the group did look into what other states do with the revenue, and more than half use the money for education purposes.
“Gambling will work in the state of Alabama,” Strange said, stating that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Strange and the study group believe Alabama has five options:
- Do nothing.
- Prohibit gambling but incorporate a regulatory authority.
- Allow a lottery but nothing else.
- Limited gambling. (Limited in the type, venue and location)
- Full gambling, which is Class-3 in all of its facets, under a single regulatory authority.
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Ivey said there has been a “seemingly endless debate on gambling in Alabama” and she created the group to “allow public officials and the people of our state to make the most informed decision possible, should we decide to pursue legislation to deal with this issue.”
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, and Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed, R-Jasper), released a statement thanking Ivey and the group for the findings.
“I believe it is time to address this issue, and it appears the report from the Governor’s Gaming Commission supports that position,” Marsh said.
“Regardless of where one stands on the gaming issue, you have to recognize that Alabama has an inconsistent patchwork of laws and virtually no regulatory structure in place to deal with the gaming facilities operating here today,” Reed added.
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