Montgomery, AL – A new bill would allow gambling operations like Country Crossing at Dothan to continue operating as long as the games being played are legal at Indian gaming facilities.
The bill introduced in the Alabama Legislature Wednesday is an effort to stop Gov. Bob Riley's antigambling task force from raiding and shutting down electronic bingo operations. The operators of the Country Crossing facility went to court last week to stop an expected raid.
The bill's sponsor, Democratic Rep. Marcel Black of Tuscumbia, said it would make games being played at Indian facilities also legal at non-Indian facilities already in operation.
Riley's communications director, Jeff Emerson, said the bill would be unconstitutional because the Alabama Constitution makes such games illegal.
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