DOTHAN, Ala. -A gambling bill that would have allowed slot machines has failed to pass the Alabama Senate by a 19-13 vote. 21 votes was needed to pass the constitutional amendment.
The measure proposed by State Senator Del Marsh (R-Anniston) would have permitted Las Vegas style casinos at the state’s four dog tracks, a new Porch Creek Indian site in northeast Alabama in addition to the tribe’s three existing casinos, and The Crossing at Big Creek also known as Center Stage near Dothan. The Crossing had been added to bill Tuesday afternoon.
State Senator Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva) and State Senator Jimmy Holley (R-Elba), who supported The Crossing, voted for the bill.
