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Alabama Gambling News Brief
Alabama's electronic bingo halls seek way to reopen
The Birmingham News,
Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 9:28:29 AM
The palm-tree-lined road to The Oasis is dark and quiet this weekend.
VictoryLand and its adjacent 300-room hotel, The Oasis, along with many of the bingo operations across the state, have closed as the legal battle over bingo continues to brew and lawyers look for ways to get the casinos back open without risk of a raid by Gov. Bob Riley's Task Force on Illegal Gambling.
On a typical weekend night, the Interstate 85 exit leading to VictoryLand is bustling with casino traffic. This weekend, VictoryLand buses normally used to ferry gamblers across the expansive parking lot were used to block the entrance to the bingo casino and hotel.
"I don't know when it will open," VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor said Saturday. "But I do know this. We will reopen. And when we reopen we're going to open bigger and better than we were."
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California Gambling News Brief
It's 'Game Over' for electronic bingo In California
CBS13.com,
Monday, February 01, 2010 at 7:46:30 PM
Electronic bingo machines are no more in California.
Bingo halls were forced to shut down the machines at midnight Sunday following a federal ruling.
Indian casinos complained the machines were slot machines and infringed on their exclusive rights.
But charities that benefit from electronic bingo say the machines are basically video games.
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Alabama Gambling News Brief
Pre-dawn electronic bingo raids thwarted
Decatur Daily,
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 5:15:21 PM
Early morning raids on VictoryLand and Country Crossing electronic bingo operations were stalled today, at least temporarily.
But the head of the governor's task on illegal gambling said he awaits a hearing before the Alabama Supreme Court to appeal a restraining order issued in Macon County.
Mobile District Attorney John Tyson, the governor's newly appointed director of the task force, said he hopes the high court hearing would come later today.
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Connecticut Gambling News Brief
Mohegan Sun casino seeking 300 dealers
Times-Leader,
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 1:39:46 AM
The casino Thursday said it will hire 500, and more than half of them will be in the table games department. More than a 1,000 people now work at the casino/racetrack.
"We're looking at probably 300 dealers," said chief executive Bobby Soper.
The games that include blackjack, poker, craps, roulette and baccarat are expected to be in place by the summer to complement the casino's slot machines, he said. The state legalized the games earlier this month as a way to generate much needed revenue and create jobs.
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Delaware Gambling News Brief
Markell signs table games bill into law
Delaware Online,
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 5:33:27 PM
Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation legalizing table games into law today, setting up an implementation process that should have patrons playing with real cards and dice in as little as four months.
Before Markell put his name on the line, the Senate gave approval earlier in the day to the bill, voting 15-4 in favor of the legislation. The legislation is expected to generate $40 million for the state in new revenue next year.
The legislation establishes a tax rate, forms an oversight Lottery Commission and creates 40 new state jobs to oversee and regulate the new gambling.
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