Alabama State Lottery and Gambling Amendment (2024)

Alabama State Lottery and Gambling Amendment
Election date November 5, 2024
Topic Gambling
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

The Alabama State Lottery and Gambling Amendment was not on the ballot in Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on September 14 or November 5, 2024.

The amendment would have allowed the state legislature to provide by law for a state lottery, pari-mutuel wagering at specified locations, raffles, and bingo. It would have also allowed the governor to negotiate a gambling compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Tax revenue from gambling would have been distributed with 94% to the Gambling Proceeds Fund, 3% to each county, and 3% to each municipality.

Text of measure

The text of the measure and amendments in the legislature may be found here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Alabama Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a 60 percent vote is required in both the Alabama State Senate and the Alabama House of Representatives.

House Bill 151 proposing the amendment was approved in the House by a vote of 86-14 on February 15, 2024. It was passed with amendments in the Senate on March 7, 2024, in a vote of 22-11. The bill required approval in the House to appear on the 2024 ballot. It was not passed before the legislature adjourned the 2024 session.

Vote in the Alabama State Senate March 7, 2024
Requirement: Three-fifths (60 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 21  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	22	11	2
Total percent	85.71%	0.00%	14.29%
Democrat	7	0	1
Republican	15	11	1

See also

2024 measures

• 2024 ballot measures
• Gambling on the ballot

Alabama

• Alabama ballot measures
• Alabama ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Alabama House Bill 151