Electronic Bingo For Medicaid

Alabama Mobile State House has passed a bill that permits electronic bingo games in dog tracks in Mobile. Tax revenue from the games will to the state's struggling Medicaid program.
by Associated Press
Published: Wed, March 05, 2008 - 4:08 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A House committee has approved a bill to
allow electronic bingo games at greyhound dog tracks in Birmingham
and Mobile.
The House Tourism and Travel Committee approved the bill
Wednesday on a voice vote. It calls for taxes on the gaming
machines to go to the cash-strapped Alabama Medicaid Agency.
Sponsors say Medicaid would receive about $55 million from the
taxes on the machine and as much as $170 million if federal
matching funds are included.
Electronic bingo is already allowed at tracks in Macon and
Greene counties and by constitutional amendment in Lowndes County.
Most other electronic gaming operations in the state would be
outlawed by the bill.
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asda Says:
Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Now if we could just get the Lottery for the School system we would be going in the right direction.

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