Ex Parte Ted's Game Enterprises

We granted the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Ted's Game Enterprises to address two issues. The first is whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in holding that "§ 13A-12-76[, Ala. Code 1975,] may not, without contravening [Art. IV,] § 65 of the Alabama Constitution [of 1901], be applied so as to legalize games or activities in which skill does not . . . predominate over chance in determining the outcome." The second is whether Art. IV, § 65 prohibits the Legislature from authorizing or legalizing coin-operated amusement machines which allow "some skill" "in whole or in part" to…