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Bentley releases proposed Alabama lottery amendment

Montgomery Advertiser: The amendment reflects comments made by Bentley about the lottery earlier this week. It would provide a seven-member lottery commission – appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate – to oversee what would be called the Alabama Lottery. All proceeds from the lottery would go to the General Fund budget, which for years has grappled with rising expenses and flat revenues.

"It is a simple lottery," Bentley said Friday morning after touring Crowne Health Care of Montgomery, a nursing home on Upper Wetumpka Road. "It will allow the people of Alabama to vote on it. It does not include casino gambling. It has a commission that will oversee it in the constitutional amendment."

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