Charles Barkley wants to make a bet.
If he had the opportunity to be part of an African American investment group that would own a majority stake in an Alabama casino, he’d be all in.
“Hell yeah,” he told me this week. “I would love to be part of it.”
It might happen.
Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, is reportedly working on a gambling bill and trying to corral the 21 Senate votes needed to reach a three-fifths majority for passage.
And Black lawmakers are calling for a provision for at least one casino with African American majority ownership, said Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro.