State Sen. Orr: ‘I don’t see an expansion of gaming in this quadrennium’

While a committee of House lawmakers are taking up the mantle of passing a bill that would put the question of legal gambling and lottery in the hands of Alabama voters, other lawmakers, like State Sen. Arthur Orr, thinks it’s still a long shot. Not just for the year — for the whole quadrennium. Sen. Orr (R-Decatur) discussed the issue on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” on Friday. “I don’t see an expansion of gaming in this quadrennium,” Orr argued, “based on the players that are there now and based on the issues that we have and the money that we have.” The senator thinks the only gaming bill