Lotteries add very little to the incomes of most state governments; the average lottery state realizes only about 3.6% of its income from its lottery. ...
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Lottery: Harming Alabama’s Most Vulnerable
Households with annual incomes of less than $25,000 spend about $600 per year on lottery tickets, compared to $289 in households earning more than&nbs ...
Lotteries: Socioeconomic Effects
Around two million Americans are addicted to gambling, and another 20 million let it interfere with their work and social lives. On average, gambling addicts h ...
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NY Post: Young men face high risk for gambling addiction as sports betting surges
https://nypost.com/2024/01/01/lifestyle/young-men-face-high-risk-for-gambling-addiction-as-sports-betting-surges-experts/
Gambling on Hold…For Now
Legislators did not consider the Senate-amended gambling legislation this week. HB 151, a constitutional amendment, and HB 152, the enabling legislation, by Rep ...
Gambling Legislation Update
Though the Senate's stated aim was to limit the number of casinos in the state, the net effect of the legislation is the legalization of seven sp ...
Gambling Expansion in Alabama
The expansion of gambling passed a hurdle in the Senate last night. After negotiating privately for two weeks, the Senate debated and passed their version of ga ...
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Gambling Oppose All Attempts to Expand Gambling or Establish a Lottery in Alabama Legalizing casino-style gambling in the state and estab ...
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Strong FamiliesOne of the three tenets of the Alabama Policy Institute’s mission is to promote and defend families as the primary foundation t ...
Cultural Indicators
The Alabama Policy Institute is pleased to present Cultural Indicators 2020 for Alabama and the United States. This study tracks various Alabama-s ...
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Prof. John Hill, Ph.D.
Dr. John Hill is a Fellow and Resident Scholar at the Alabama Policy Institute Over API’s thirty-plus-year history, he has authored more than thirty publicat ...