Updated April 27, 2019

The Alabama Senate narrowly approved a lottery bill last week.

Senators voted 21-12 for the bill and now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives. The lottery bill passed with the minimum 21 votes required to pass a constitutional amendment.

The bill would limit a lottery to paper tickets and not allow video lottery terminals.

Senators added two amendments aimed at preventing the paper requirement from being used to shut down electronic bingo games at state dog tracks.

If approved by the House and Senate, the proposal would go before Alabama voters on March 3, 2020.

Alabama is one of five states without a state lottery.