Section 65 of the Alabama Constitution prohibits the Legislature from authorizing “lotteries or gift enterprises for any purposes” and requires laws against them. The Legislature wrote Section 13A-12-20 of the criminal code in 1977. It defines a lottery as “unlawful gambling,” in which “gambling” involves risking something of value on the outcome of a contest of chance. Ordinary citizens reading…
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