Marshall: Alabama Supreme Court ruling proves ‘electronic bingo’ was…

Alabama Lawyer Basic Steve Marshall is feeling vindicated following a current Supreme Courtroom of Alabama ruling banning “digital bingo” in Lowndes and Macon counties.

In State v. Epic Tech, LLC, the Courtroom unanimously agreed with the state of Alabama that the Southern Star, White Corridor and Victoryland casinos are unlawful playing enterprises, granting the state’s request to ban the casinos from providing “digital bingo.”

Marshall mentioned in an announcement that “digital bingo” is a “misnomer utilized by the casinos to imply ‘video-slot-machine playing’—at their respective services.”

“The Alabama Supreme Courtroom’s opinion makes clear what my workplace has maintained from the beginning: these playing enterprises should not solely patently unlawful below Alabama legislation but in addition a menace to public well being, morals, security and welfare,” mentioned Marshall in an announcement. “[Friday’s] choice will forbid the Southern Star, White Corridor and Victoryland casinos from providing their slot-machine playing to the general public.”

In response to the opinion written by Alabama Supreme Courtroom Justice Greg Shaw, “the Macon Circuit Courtroom and the Lowndes Circuit Courtroom erroneously denied or exceeded their discretion in denying the State’s request in every case for injunctive aid prohibiting” casinos in Lowndes and Macon counties “from persevering with to have interaction within the unlawful playing actions at challenge.”

Marshall’s separate lawsuit in opposition to the Greenetrack on line casino in Greene County continues to be adjudicated in court docket.

The Supreme Courtroom of Alabama dominated in July that Greenetrack should pay $76 million in unpaid taxes.

Luther Winn Jr, Greenetrack CEO, known as the July ruling a “political, monetary lynching” and introduced that the monitor would stop its digital bingo machines till additional discover.

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