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Monday, March 4, 2013
Supreme Court justices on Friday said they viewed an undercover surveillance video of games the casino called “electronic bingo” and said they do not resemble the game of bingo. According to the Associated Press, the justices also said a reasonable man could reach no conclusion other than there is a fair possibility the games are illegal slot machines.
The same day as the Supreme Court opinion was issued, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board issued an expanded liquor license for the Shorter, Alabama casino. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the ABC panel could not conclude the legality of gaming machines at VictoryLand and said that the question would be up to the courts to decide.
Attorney General Luther Strange believes the ABC decision is moot and said the Supreme Court opinion should end debate about whether electronic bingo is legal. An attorney for VictoryLand casino told The Advertiser that the ABC board watched the same undercover video and commissioners could not conclude the games are illegal.
The attorney said that the difference between the ABC board decision and the Supreme Court opinion is that the ABC board was able to hear both sides during an eight-hour hearing. She said the court’s opinion of a reasonable man having to conclude the games illegal is based on a very one-sided presentation by prosecutors.
In February, the Attorney General’s office seized more than 1,600 gaming machines and over $200,000 from VictoryLand and closed what was once Alabama’s largest casino.
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