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State top court rules against White Hall electronic bingo
Montgomery :: AL :: USA | 15 days ago
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The Alabama Supreme Court dealt electronic bingo a setback Friday in a case from White Hall that questioned the legality of the popular gambling machines. In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down a preliminary injunction that kept the Governor�s Task...
Tags: Alabama Supreme Court, electronic bingo, slot machines, preliminary injunction, White Hall, gambling hall, Bob Riley, Montgomery, Troy King, Bingo, Slot machine, Gambling, Law Crime
Judge denies Walker County bingo operators request to remain open
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 26 days ago
Credibility A Jefferson County circuit court judge today denied a request to allow electronic bingo in Walker County until an appeal is heard by the Alabama Supreme Court. Judge Robert S. Vance, in his order, said he cannot permit criminal activity for any period...
Tags: Walker County, electronic bingo, Judge Robert S. Vance
Bingo halls shut down in Jefferson County's Birmingham division
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 27 days ago
Credibility All Jefferson County electronic bingo halls have closed, District Attorney Brandon Falls said today. Falls, who is responsible for the Birmingham District of the county, said his office today went around and checked to ensure they had all shut down per...
Tags: Walker County, electronic bingo, bingo hall, Jefferson County Coroner's Office, Jefferson County Courthouse, All Jefferson County, Alabama Supreme Court, Birmingham, county bingo
Birmingham council rejects electronic bingo
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Birmingham City Council has repealed the electronic bingo ordinance. Most council members agreed that recent court rulings and the uncertain legal status of the games left them no choice but to repeal the electronic games. Councilman Joel Montgomery,...
Tags: Jefferson County Circuit Court, Birmingham City Council, electronic bingo
Bingo in Bessemer Cutoff must shut down, DA says
Jasper :: IN :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The district attorney in the Bessemer Cutoff division of Jefferson County has ordered bingo operators to remove their electronic bingo machines by Nov. 5. The move puts him on the same page as the district attorney for Jefferson County's Birmingham District,...
Tags: electronic bingo, District Attorney, Jefferson County, Walker County, bingo machines
Fairfield City Council votes to allow first downtown bingo hall
Fairfield :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Fairfield City Council tonight opened the door for electronic bingo in the city's downtown, voting 6-1 in favor of allowing a veterans organization to convert an old movie theater into a part-time bingo attraction. The vote allows the American Legion...
Tags: electronic bingo
Hearing on legality of Walker County electronic bingo under way in Jefferson County courtroom
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A hearing is under way this morning in a Jefferson County court to determine whether electronic bingo commonly played in Walker County is allowed under a state constitutional amendement approved in the early 1990s. Walker County Sheriff John Mark Tirey...
Tags: Jefferson County, electronic bingo
Birmingham City Council OKs electronic bingo law
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The Birmingham City Council rewrote the city's bingo ordinance this afternoon to allow electronic bingo. The rewritten plan allows charity groups to operate electronic bingo, but they have to have at least 500 machines. Owners of the machines will...
Tags: electronic bingo, Argo Town Council, allows electronic
Schwarzenegger signs bingo ban
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Tuesday signed last-minute legislation that bans electronic bingo machines but allows large charities to run "remote caller" bingo games, which joins multiple sites into one contest. Senate Bill 1369, a "gut-and-amend"...
Tags: electronic bingo, bingo games, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bingo machines
Lawmakers push crackdown on electronic bingo
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Lawmakers are moving fast on a bill that would help gaming tribes, churches and some big nonprofit groups, but smaller bingo charities fear it will dry up their fundraising lifeblood. The bill, SB1369, would ban electronic bingo games that a growing number...
Tags: electronic bingo
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