Greenetrack Defiant about Possible Raid

Written by CBS 8 News

Monday, 08 February 2010 04:02 pm

A state legislator says Greene County's sheriff has the authority to deputize men to stop a possible raid by the governor of Greenetrack's electronic bingo machines.

The commander of the governor's antigambling task force says Greenetrack's electronic bingo operations are illegal slot machines.

State Sen. Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) said Sunday at a news conference that local officials would defy any attempts by Gov. Bob Riley's task force to raid Greenetrack bingo operations without a warrant.

Task force commander John Tyson issued a warning Saturday to all casino and slot machine owners to get their machines out of the state immediately. He also called on Greenetrack, the state's only large operation still open, to shut down.