Underground Betting:

The lack of legal sports betting in Alabama does not deter its citizens from gambling. Alabama citizens still place bets through multi-million dollar underground rings or unregulated off-shore betting websites. Reports indicate that illegal and unregulated gambling costs state governments $13.3 billion per year tax revenue, a sizeable portion of that lost revenue comes from right here in Alabama.

Alabama a Minority:

Since the United States Supreme Court struck down the Amateur Sports Protection Act, 38 states and Washington DC have legalized sports betting. Every state neighboring Alabama except for Georgia has also legalized sports betting, making placing a legal wager as easy as driving across the nearest border. Nearly 70% of registered voters in have done just that and traveled to a different state to gamble. Each time this happens, Alabamians miss out on crucial tax revenue that goes to help the people of other states.

A $100 Billion Industry:

Americans spend more than $100 billion per year on sports betting. The demand is no less here in Alabama, where data shows that Alabamians access or attempt to access regulated and unregulated sports betting websites in massive numbers. Alabama is undeniably missing out on millions per year in tax revenue. Mississippi, a smaller state than Alabama with only in-person sports betting, hauled in nearly $2 million in tax revenue in March 2025 alone.

Modernizing Alabama:

If Alabama is to become a prosperous place for all of its citizens, we must modernize our state. That begins with capitalizing on existing underground economic activity that allows our state's hard earned money flow to other states to the benefit of their people, not ours. Alabama must stop subsidizing the economies of other states, and must allow that commerce to take place responsibly organically here at home.

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