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DREAMS OF HITTING IT RICH IN AN ALABAMA LOTTERY OR CASINO ENDED QUICKLY TONIGHT. >> YEAH, LAWMAKERS STOPPED A POTENTIAL NEW VOTE ON BRINGING GAMBLING TO THE STATE. BUT AS �������� 13’S BREA DOUGLAS SHARES WITH US, SOME ARE DISAPPOINTED, WHILE OTHERS ARE HAPPY. BREA: PEOPLE WHO BET ON GAMBLING TO PASS IN OUR STATE LOST TONIGHT. IN A 19-13 VOTE, ALABAMA LAWMAKERS SAID NO TO THE MEASURE. IT NEEDED TO PASS BY A TWO-THIRDS MARGIN TO MOVE FORWARD. ONE OF THE BILL SPONSORS, SENATOR DEL MARSH, HANDLED THE DEFEAT GRACEFULLY. SEN. MARSH: I’VE HAD WINS AND I’VE HAD LOSSES. BREA: IT’S A LOSS THIS TIME FOR SENATOR MARSH, BUT A WIN FOR JOE GODFREY. HE’S WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED ALABAMA CITIZENS ACTION PROGRAM. HE SAYS LOTTERY TICKETS ARE NOTHING BUT A SCHEME WITH THE CHANCES OF WINNING VIRTUALLY ZERO. >> GAMBLING MAKES ALL THESE PROMISES OF ALL THIS BIG MONEY THAT IS GOING TO BE REVENUE TO THE STATE AND IT NEVER HAPPENS. BREA: INSTEAD, HE SAYS PEOPLE WHO DON’T PLAY STILL PAY IN THE LONG RUN. >> THE SALES TAX REVENUE DROPS DRAMATICALLY SO THEN THE STATE HAS TO COME BACK TO THOSE OF US WHO DON’T GAMBLE AND THEY HAVE TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUES ARE DOWN, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE YOUR TAXES TO BREA: ON THEOTHER HAND, MONTE BALLARD WITH THE BIRMINGHAM RACE COURSE CASINO SAYS A GAMBLING LAW COULD CREATE HUNDREDS OF JOBS FOR THE STATE. >> COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LOST JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR OUR COUNTY TO HAVE MORE JOBS I DON’T SEE WHY ANYBODY WOULD BE AGAINST LETTING THE PEOPLE HAVE A VOTE. BREA: FOR NOW, THE BILL IS DEAD, BUT SENATOR MARSH DOESN’T THINK GAMBLING IS OUT OF THE PICTURE COMPLETELY FOR ALABAMA. IN BIRMINGHAM, BREA DOUGLAS �������� , 13. >> NEW TONIGHT, GOVERNOR KAY IVEY SHARING HER THOUGHTS AFTER THE BILL FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. SHE SAID IN PART, "TODAY’S VOTE BY THE ALABAMA SENATE CONFIRMS MORE WORK MUST BE DONE, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS TOO IMPORTAN