{"id":73099,"date":"2018-03-15T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=73099"},"modified":"2018-03-15T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:33:06","slug":"alabama-daily-fantasy-sports-bill-throttled-to-death-on-senate-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/alabama-daily-fantasy-sports-bill-throttled-to-death-on-senate-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Daily Fantasy Sports Bill Throttled to Death on Senate Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama\u2019s daily fantasy sports bill went down in flames in the State Senate on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"Alabama
Alabama\u2019s former AG Luther Strange lived up to his super villain-style name in 2016 by declaring DFS to be illegal under state law. Despite the best efforts of Senator Paul Sanford, it remains so. (Image: al.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite being unanimously approved by the Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee earlier this month, Senator Paul Sanford\u2019s bill didn\u2019t even make the vote yesterday \u2013 a fate that has befallen both of the dogged senator\u2019s previous attempts to legalize DFS in the state.<\/p>\n

Sanford\u2019s bill would have regulated the daily fantasy sports contests through the establishment of the Fantasy Contests Act, in a state from which DraftKings and FanDuel were expelled two years ago by order of the then-attorney general, Luther Strange.<\/p>\n

Strange Opinion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In April 2016, Strange sent cease and desist letters to the two DFS giants warning them that \u201cpaid daily fantasy sports are in fact illegal gambling\u201d in Alabama. The sites reluctantly complied after officially voicing their disagreement with the AG\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n

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Alabama\u00a0code section 13A-20-12, defines gambling as an activity where a someone \u201cstakes or risks something of value upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under his control or influence, upon an agreement or understanding that he or someone else will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DraftKings said it would \u201clook forward to continued and constructive engagement with state legislators,\u201d which meant it planned to unleash its lobbyists.<\/p>\n

Lottery Bill on Life Support<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Apart from the class II electronic bingo machine gaming offered at Alabama\u2019s three native American casinos<\/a>, and parimutuel betting at its three dog tracks, gambling is illegal in the state. The dog tracks have also tried to offer bingo machines, but the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that bingo is \u201cillegal in all its forms.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, Alabama is one of just six states in the US that doesn\u2019t even have a lottery \u2013 and it\u2019s expected to stay that way this year, which doesn\u2019t bode well for Sanford\u2019s other bill currently floating round the legislature \u2013 a bill to establish a lottery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Sanford\u2019s lottery dream to become a reality, Alabama would have to amend its constitution to legalize commercial gaming through a public referendum, an idea that has little support in the legislature. When the same question was put to the public in 1999, it was emphatically rejected by voters.<\/p>\n

Despite his lottery bill being approved by a Senate committee last month, Sanford has suggested his odds of passing this one are \u201cslim to none.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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