Sports betting removed from Alabama gambling bill

(Photo credit: Amanda Inscore/The News-Press USA Today Network-Florida / USA TODAY NETWORK)In a change designed to find enough votes to turn a proposed bill into law, Alabama will no longer include sports betting as part of the state's gambling legislation that will be decided later this year.

Also dropped from the bill are full casino games that could have brought up to seven new casinos to Alabama.

The bill now goes