Lawmakers returned to Montgomery this week for the second half of the legislative session and awaiting the House are significantly different and scaled-back versions of gambling bills than what it passed in February.

The Senate, which has been lukewarm on the proposal from the start, approved March 7 bills that eliminated the sports and online betting component, scaled back the casino portion to essentially codifying the status quo, and split the revenue up between the General Fund, the Education Trust Fund and infrastructure fund.