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Alabama’s largest casino reopened Friday, shortly after a judge ruled that the governor’s anti-gambling task force could not raid the gambling hall or seize any of its 6,400 electronic bingo

Alabama’s largest casino reopened Friday, shortly after a judge ruled that the governor’s anti-gambling task force could not raid the gambling hall or seize any of its 6,400 electronic bingo machines.

USA Today
Alabama casino town facing gambling crackdown
USA Today
“Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware all are either expanding or legalizing casino-style gambling.” Hawaii and Utah are the only states that have no legal …
Gov. Riley to Macon Co. DA: Bingo machines aren’t legalal.com (blog)
Macon County officials say VictoryLand machines legal after watching demonstrationWHNT
Macon DA deems bingo machines legalTuskegee News

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USA Today
Alabama casino towns face gambling crackdown
USA Today
“Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware all are either expanding or legalizing casino-style gambling.” Hawaii and Utah are the only states that have no legal …
Gov. Riley to Macon Co. DA: Bingo machines aren’t legalal.com (blog)
Macon County officials say VictoryLand machines legal after watching demonstrationWHNT
Macon DA deems bingo machines legalTuskegee News

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Austin American-Statesman
Alabama governor cracks down on bingo machines
The Associated Press
Jesse Jackson, are planning a march Saturday in Montgomery to support laid-off casino workers and encourage the Legislature to hold a statewide referendum …
Letters: Improve gambling bill; consider gambling’s social cost; drop …Press-Register – al.com (blog)
Residents say bingo talk is getting oldWALA-TV FOX10
OUR VIEW: Greed and self-interest killed a bill to legalize electronic bingo …The Birmingham News – al.com (blog)
BusinessWeek

WALA-TV FOX10
Letters: Improve gambling bill; consider gambling’s social cost; drop …
Press-Register – al.com (blog)
By Press-Register Editorial Board I am a proponent of casino-type gambling in Alabama. Sen. Roger Bedford and Sen. Marc Keahey are to be commended for …
Alabama bingo proponents draw losing numbersThe Associated Press
Gambling bill’s sponsor says issue ‘over’Montgomery Advertiser
Bingo rally planned Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.BusinessWeek
al.com (blog)

Dothan Eagle
Alabama bingo proponents draw losing numbers
The Associated Press
Macon County’s district attorney said Wednesday he believes the electronic bingo machines are legal at the state’s largest casino, the shuttered VictoryLand …
Senator: bingo “issue is over”Montgomery Advertiser
Bingo rally planned Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.BusinessWeek
Senate Blocks Bingo BillsWKRG-TV
Press-Register – al.com (blog)

WKRG-TV
Letters: Hurrah for Ben Brooks, Haitian adoption scam, Haiti in for more woes
Press-Register – al.com (blog)
Casino gambling will simply line the pockets of a few politically influential individuals. It is hard to watch American church group members being locked up …
Bingo rally planned Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.BusinessWeek
Senate Blocks Bingo BillsWKRG-TV
Letter: We’ll still have gamblingGadsden Times
The University of Alabama Crimson White

al.com (blog)
Letter: We’ll still have gambling
Gadsden Times
The Indians also are planning to open another bingo casino in Mobile County. These bingo casinos are free of state regulation and taxation.
Bingo rally planned Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.BusinessWeek
Tax would net bingo-free areas extra fundsTuscaloosa News (subscription)
Electronic bingo bill’s sponsor sweetens potMontgomery Advertiser
WKRG-TV
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A constitutional amendment has been proposed to allow voters to decide on the future of electronic bingo gambling, and on Tuesday the debate began in the Senate over the issue.

LONDON, March 2 /PRNewswire/ — Casino has encroached on Bingo and Poker’s popularity in the UK’s online gaming sector, reveals the latest independent report by Greenlight, the UK’s leading and award winning search marketing agency.

WKRG-TV
Bingo rally planned Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.
BusinessWeek
“All the back room tinkering in the world won’t make this anything but a corrupt bill written by casino bosses for the benefit of casino bosses,” Emerson …
Tax would net bingo-free areas extra fundsTuscaloosa News (subscription)
Electronic bingo bill’s sponsor sweetens potMontgomery Advertiser
Etowah County won’t get state bingo taxesGadsden Times
al.com (blog)
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al.com (blog)
Etowah County won’t get state bingo taxes
Gadsden Times
But Etowah County wouldn’t get a dime from the bingo constitutional amendment unless the county either could snag the one casino promised for the 4th …
Tax would net bingo-free areas extra fundsTuscaloosa News (subscription)
Electronic bingo bill’s sponsor sweetens potMontgomery Advertiser
Revised bingo bill ups anteTimes Daily
al.com (blog)

WALA-TV FOX10
Casino operators not being honest
Montgomery Advertiser
The problem in Alabama is not bingo, the problem is that slot machines are being disguised as bingo by slick bingo casino bosses in order to bring slot …
Editorial: The raiding, the rhetoric and the clouded agendaPress-Register – al.com (blog)
Gambling Issue Dominates Gubernatorial Forum In AlabamaCasino Gambling Web
ALABAMA VOICES: Don’t ignore lessons of Phenix CityMontgomery Advertiser

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A new bingo hall in Chickasaw has been raided in Alabama by Governor Riley,s Task Force on Illegal Gambling and Gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks has reacted to the raid by calling Riley, “out of control.”

WALA-TV FOX10
Chickasaw, Alabama bingo hall raided
BusinessWeek
Police made no arrests at the casino, but legal action could be come against the operation’s owners, said Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr., …
Governor Riley’s Task Force Issues Information from Mobile CountyWSFA

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MSN Money UK
Jackpot for Rank investors as casino company resumes dividend payouts
The Guardian
Shareholders in Rank, the home of Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo halls, have reason to celebrate today after the company said it was resuming dividend …
Rank resumes dividend on renewed performanceTimes Online
Rank brings back dividend in display of confidenceTelegraph.co.uk
Call for gambling tax overhaulThe Press Association
RecentPoker.com

Opelika Auburn News
Real bingo little like machine game
Montgomery Advertiser
Casino gambling is illegal in Alabama, as is the use of slot machines. What is a shame is that Attorney General Troy King has refused to enforce the law, …
Bingo proponents drown out Ala. governor at rallyBusinessWeek
Bingo proponents shout down Riley during rallyGadsden Times
EDITORIAL: Wagering bets on gamblingThe Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)
Our Prattville – A News Magazine

888 bingo fans could soon have more online games to look forward to.

The Birmingham News – al.com (blog)
Report: Ala gambling interests gave $2.2M to PACs
al.com
Gambling opponents say it’s difficult for them to compete with the deep pockets of bingo operators, while a lawyer for the state’s largest casino downplayed …
Columnist Ricky Thomason: If public notices reflected realityThe Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)
Bravo for Gov. Riley for standing up to casino interestsThe Decatur Daily
ALABAMA VOICES: Bob Riley’s positionMontgomery Advertiser
Dothan Eagle