The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that electronic bingo games at three area casinos are illegal and must be stopped.
The Alabama Supreme Court says Greenetrack must pay more than $76 million in unpaid taxes, plus interest, according to the attorney general.
In their 4th meeting the Governor’s Study Group on Gambling Policy heard from officials in Greene County. Electronic bingo and other machines, and simulcast horse and dog racing is allowed in Greene County. The social and economic impact of gambling and how those numbers could apply statewide was the topic of discussions. Chairman of the group, former Montgomery Mayor Todd…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Supreme Court has reversed a lower court and says the state can seize more than 800 electronic bingo machines from a west Alabama gambling hall. The unanimous decision released Friday involves the Greenetrack gambling facility, located in Greene County southwest of Birmingham. The justices say that 825 machines confiscated from Greenetrack amount to illegal…
State senators have rejected a bill aimed at keeping Greenetrack’s bingo casino operational. Senators on Wednesday were four votes short of the 21 votes needed to approve the proposed constitutional amendment. Sen. Bobby Singleton sought to write into the state constitution that Greenetrack can have the same type of electronic gambling machines operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians…
