Birmingham, Ala. – Today (May 5, 2021), Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted his opposition to Alabama's gambling and lottery package calling it, as API has ...
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Phil Williams Speaks Against Gambling and Lottery Bill Before House Committee
On Tuesday, API's Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams spoke in opposition to SB319, the gambling and lottery bill, before the House Committee ...
Rewarding Bad Actors: Why Alabama Should Not Cave to the Gambling Lobby
It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. When it comes to casino gaming Alabama ...
Press Release: API Issues Statement on Failure of Lottery and Gambling Bill in Senate
Birmingham, Ala. - Yesterday (March 9th, 2021), the Alabama State Senate rejected a constitutional amendment (SB214) establishing a lottery and allowing expandi ...
Alabama Policy Institute Provides Additional Commentary on Senate Gambling Bill
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (Monday, February 22nd, 2021), the Alabama Policy Institute provided additional input to their recent statements on SB214 (by Sen. Mars ...
Podcast: The Omnibus Gambling and Lottery Legislation
In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams and Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis take a look at Sen. Marsh's omnibu ...
API Adds Gambling Legislation to Legislative Scorecard and Requests Amendments
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (February 10th, 2021) the Alabama Policy Institute (API) announced the addition of SB214, the gambling and lottery legislation carried ...
Podcast: The Lottery and Gambling with Todd Strange, Chairman of the Governor’s Gambling Study Group
In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Scott Stantis and Parker Snider get on a Zoom call with former Mayor of Montgomery Todd Strange, who is the chairman of Gov ...
Governor is Right to Take Gambling off the Table
Supporters of expanding gambling in Alabama often hype the opportunities missed by our state to "keep Alabama gambling dollars in Alabama." Given the econ ...
Increasing Gambling Isn’t the Answer to State Budget Woes
With spiraling mandatory spending and reduced tax revenues threatening to send one or both of the state's budgets into proration, the options of raising ...
Penalties for Illegal Gambling: Cost of Business or a Crime
If you wonder how much difference there is in the Alabama State Legislature between the old Democrat majority and the new Republican majority that was elected i ...
Top Ten Things the Alabama Legislature Should Accomplish in 2023
The Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature will resume Tuesday. Though the only statutory requirement of our state legislature is to pass balanced budgets, ...
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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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A Review of the AUM Report on the Legalization of Gambling in Alabama
In April of last year, the Institute for Accountability and Government Efficiency at Auburn University at Montgomery released a report on gambling that has ...
Strengthening Alabama’s Gambling Laws
Alabama Supreme Court cases have strictly defined what forms of gaming are legal in Alabama. In order to effectively deter would-be offenders, the punishment for owning and operating illegal gaming paraphernalia should be raised from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony.
Regulating Tribal Gambling
Native American tribes in Alabama operate illegal gambling machines. At present, the office of the Attorney General is working with the NIGC to determine what influence the state may have to encourage the removal of the electronic bingo machines on tribal lands.
Internet Gambling
Despite being illegal in the United States, online wagering is likely the fastest growing form of gambling in history. Since 1997, worldwide Internet gambling revenues increased from $445 million to $25.8 billion in 2009.
Professor 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 ...