Alabamians are hungering for a lottery and will approve it if they get a chance to vote on it, according to the man who authored the bill that passed the Senate on Thursday.
The lone Deep South state without a lottery will get that opportunity if the Alabama House of Representatives passes the bill next without substantial changes, Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) said.
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