Row over electronic bingo

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Three casinos in the US state of Alabama will have to cease their gambling operations, following a Supreme Court decision.


The Alabama court ruled that VictoryLand Casino, White Hall Entertainment and Southern Star Entertainment are operating illegal electronic bingo machines. The court decision said that the machines were “a public nuisance” and ordered local circuit carts to issue injunctions to prohibit the use of bingo machines at the casinos within 30 days of the order.

The state attorney general, Steve Marshall, issued a statement that called electronic bingo “a misnomer used by the casinos to mean ‘video slot machine gambling’”, reported the Montgomery Advertiser.

He said: “The Alabama Supreme Court’s opinion makes clear what my office has maintained from the start: these gambling enterprises are not only patently illegal under Alabama law, but also a menace to public health, morals, safety, and welfare. Today’s decision will forbid the Southern Star, White Hall, and Victoryland casinos from offering their slot-machine gambling to the public.”

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There has been an on-going debate in Alabama for years about the legality of electronic bingo and there has been several attempts by the authorities to have them banned. The operators have vigorously challenged the rulings.

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