HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s attorney general said Monday raiding illegal gambling halls is not enough to keep them closed. He is asking the Legislature to increase the penalties to make the big profits less attractive.

Current law makes possession of an illegal gambling machine a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. Attorney General Luther Strange said he will ask the Legislature next month to increase the penalty to a felony carrying one to 10 years in prison.

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