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Posted: 4:29 PM Aug 13, 2010
New Legal Battle Starts Over Bama's Biggest Casino
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Electronic bingo machines at the state's largest casino are silent as Macon County officials and the governor's gambling task force start a new legal battle over whether the task force can raid Victoryland and seize the machines.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Electronic bingo machines at the state's largest casino are silent as Macon County officials and the governor's gambling task force start a new legal battle over whether the task force can raid Victoryland and seize the machines.
Attorneys for Macon County's sheriff, district attorney and a group of Victoryland supporters met Friday's deadline to ask the Alabama Supreme Court to reconsider its July 30 ruling that cleared the way for the task force to raid the casino.
No raid has occurred because a Macon County judge blocked any action until the Supreme Court's ruling is final. An attorney for Victoryland supporters, John Bolton, says that won't happen until the justices rule on Friday's request, which could take days or weeks.
Victoryland owner Milton McGregor shut down his machines Monday
to prevent a raid. Victoryland's dog track is operating, but the entrances to its 6,000-machine casino are walled off.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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