| Sports (online) | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes mobile/online sports wagering. 2024 HB 152 would have authorized online wagering tethered to licensed casinos; failed in Senate. No 2026 bill filed.[1],[2],[3] |
| Sports (retail) | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes any form of sports wagering. Comprehensive packages (incl. HB 151/HB 152, 2024) would have authorized retail sportsbooks at up to 7 casinos but died in the Senate; no bill filed for 2026.[1],[2],[4] |
| Online casino | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes online casino games; not part of the 2024 or prior comprehensive packages, which focused on lottery, retail/online sports betting, and up to 7 land-based casinos.[1] |
| Online poker | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes online poker; not addressed by any pending legislation identified.[1] |
| Commercial casinos | Not authorized | | | No state-licensed commercial casinos exist. Former dog tracks (VictoryLand, Greenetrack, Birmingham Race Course, Mobile Greyhound Park) ran "electronic bingo" machines under local constitutional bingo amendments; the Alabama Supreme Court held in 2016 that those machines are not the bingo those amendments authorize, and the halls were raided/closed. Comprehensive bills (e.g., 2024 HB 151/152) would authorize up to 7 licensed commercial casinos but have not passed.[5],[6],[2] |
| Tribal casinos | Limited | | Monopoly Tribal | Poarch Band of Creek Indians operates 3 Class II gaming facilities (Wind Creek Wetumpka, Wind Creek Montgomery, Wind Creek Atmore) under a tribal gaming ordinance approved by NIGC; bingo-style electronic machines only. No tribal-state Class III compact exists because Alabama authorizes no Class III gaming for any person, so there is nothing for the state to compact over (per IGRA's structure). State's attempt to sue PCI Gaming Authority over the legality of the gaming was dismissed on tribal sovereign-immunity/IGRA-preemption grounds without reaching the merits.[7],[8],[9] |
| Lottery | Not authorized | | | Alabama Constitution Art. IV, Section 65 bars the legislature from authorizing lotteries or gift enterprises; a constitutional amendment and statewide referendum are required. The 1999 lottery referendum failed. Alabama is the only state in the eastern U.S. without a lottery following Mississippi's adoption. Comprehensive packages pairing a lottery with casinos/sports betting have repeatedly passed the House but died in the Senate (2024 HB 151/152). Two first-read-stage 2026 bills (SB257, HB448) would authorize a lottery via constitutional amendment; see legislation.pending_summary. Status remains not_authorized because neither has been enacted or referred to voters.[10],[11],[12],[4],[2] |
| iLottery | Not authorized | | | No state lottery exists to sell tickets online; moot pending Section 65 amendment.[10] |
| Daily fantasy | Prohibited | | | AG Luther Strange issued cease-and-desist letters to DraftKings and FanDuel in April 2016, concluding paid peer-to-peer DFS contests are illegal gambling under Title 13A-12 because chance is a "material element" of outcomes beyond entrants' control. Both operators exited the state; no statute has since authorized DFS.[13],[14] |
| VGTs / VLTs | Not authorized | | | No regulated video-gaming-terminal/VLT program exists outside casinos. Electronic "bingo" machines operated at former dog tracks under contested local constitutional amendments, not a VGT statute, and were shut down following the 2016 Alabama Supreme Court rulings.[5],[1] |
| Historical horse racing | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes historical horse racing machines; not part of any identified pending legislation.[1] |
| Sweepstakes casinos | Not authorized | | | No Alabama-specific sweepstakes-casino statute, regulation, or AG enforcement action against sweepstakes operators was identified in this review. General gambling prohibition (Title 13A-12) and the state's aggressive posture toward electronic bingo and DFS suggest sweepstakes casinos offering cash-redeemable prizes would be treated as unlawful gambling, but no sweepstakes-specific source was found; treat with caution pending further research.[1] |
| Prediction markets | Not authorized | | | No Alabama-specific attorney general, gaming regulator, or securities-commission cease-and-desist or lawsuit against event-contract platforms (e.g., Kalshi, Polymarket) was identified in this review, and no statute authorizes them; sports-outcome event contracts would fall under Alabama's general unlawful-gambling-device and gambling-activity statutes (Ala. Code §§ 13A-12-20 et seq.) absent an exception, the same basis used elsewhere in this file for not_authorized/prohibited verticals with no specific carve-out. Alabama sits in the 11th Circuit, which has not ruled on Kalshi's CFTC-preemption theory as of Oct. 2026; the circuit split is between the 3rd Circuit (for Kalshi, NJ, 4/6/2026), and the 6th and 9th Circuits (against Kalshi: KalshiEX v. Orgel/Schuler, TN/OH, 9/25/2026; KalshiEX v. Assad-line Nevada ruling, 9th Cir., 8/28/2026).[14] |
| Skill games | Not authorized | | | No statute creates a licensed "skill game"/grey-machine carve-out comparable to other states' programs; Section 13A-12-27's gambling-device prohibition and definitions apply generally. No skill-game-specific litigation or legislation identified.[1] |
| Card rooms | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes stand-alone card rooms outside tribal Class II facilities.[1] |
| Lottery couriers | Not authorized | | | No state lottery exists for couriers to resell; not addressed by any identified legislation.[10] |
| Pick'em fantasy | Prohibited | | | No DFS format (peer-to-peer or pick'em/player-vs-house) has been authorized since the AG's 2016 enforcement action against DraftKings and FanDuel; no distinct pick'em-specific ruling identified, but the same "material element of chance" reasoning and general prohibition apply.[13],[14] |
| Pari-mutuel | Limited | | | Live and simulcast pari-mutuel wagering on horse/greyhound racing remain legal in principle under local county racing-commission authority, but no Alabama track currently operates: Greenetrack (closed 1997), Mobile Greyhound Park (closed 2017), VictoryLand (dog track closed 2011), Birmingham Race Course (closed 2020). Several of these venues' separate "electronic bingo" halls (not pari-mutuel racing) were the subject of the 2016 Alabama Supreme Court rulings.[1],[15] |
| Advance deposit wagering | Not authorized | | | No advance-deposit-wagering licensing framework identified; pari-mutuel wagering historically confined to physical track locations under county racing commissions.[1] |
| Charitable gaming | Limited | | Hybrid | Charitable bingo is legal only in counties/municipalities with their own local constitutional amendment (a patchwork, not a general state law); e.g., Greene County's amendment, approved by voters Nov. 4, 2003, authorizes nonprofit "bingo games." The Alabama Supreme Court has held that electronic bingo machines exceed what such local amendments authorize. Raffles and traditional paper bingo for noncommercial charitable purposes were the subject of a 2025 bill (HB47) to amend Section 65; status of that bill not confirmed in this review.[5] |
| Esports betting | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes esports wagering; would require the same constitutional amendment as other sports-betting proposals.[1] |
| Social casino | Live | | | Free-to-play social casino apps (no cash-value prize redemption) operate nationwide, including Alabama, without state authorization because they fall outside the statutory definition of gambling (staking something of value for a chance at a thing of value); no Alabama-specific statute or enforcement action targets them.[14] |