Sen. Del Marsh won't propose lottery bill in second session

August 23, 2015 at 12:45 a.m. | Updated August 23, 2015 at 12:33 a.m.

by Associated Press

President Pro Tempore of the Senate Del Marsh speaks during the brief opening of the called special session of the Alabama Legislature at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday July 13, 2015.
President Pro Tempore of the Senate Del Marsh speaks during the brief opening of the called special session of the Alabama Legislature at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. on Monday July 13, 2015.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh won't propose his bill to allow a statewide vote on a lottery and casinos during the second special session.

Another Republican senator, Paul Sanford of Huntsville, said he will introduce a different lottery proposal for the first time.

According to Al.com (http://bit.ly/1JoaTif ) the bill Marsh introduced during the regular session and first special session was a proposed constitutional amendment to allow a lottery and casinos at the state's four greyhound tracks.

Gov. Robert Bentley has called the gambling issue a distraction to legislators trying to resolve a shortfall in the General Fund budget.

Marsh's office commissioned a report from Auburn University at Montgomery that said his gambling plan would raise $400 million a year, about $330 million of that from a lottery, and that the casinos would create 11,000 jobs.

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