Bedford sponsors this year’s ‘bingo’ bill

Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, typically stayed in the background when it came to legislative attempts to expand gambling. That is until 2010.

“I felt like it was time to end this controversy,” he said, referring to the constant debate over gambling in Alabama.

Bedford decided to join his counterparts from North Alabama in the House — Marcel Black and Johnny Mack Morrow — in an endorsement of gambling legislation by sponsoring Senate Bill 380.

This bill sought to do several things including change the definition of bingo to include games played on slot machines. (TAB)