More than a dozen bingo halls raided and closed by state police in effort to stop illegal gambling

WVTM ^ | 04/12/2023 | Mattie Davis

[simpson96]

BESSEMER, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall held a press conference Wednesday to address raids at 14 illegal bingo facilities in five cities, including unincorporated Jefferson County.

The Attorney General’s Office worked with ALEA, FBI, and DEA to shut down the facilities that had more than 2,400 illegal slot machines combined.

"If you drive around where these halls are located, you will notice they're raking in tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars a month," Marshall said. "They're not lifting these communities up. Nobody's property value has gone up as a result of the illegal facilities, the economies in these areas have not improved, no neighborhood has flourished as a result of the presence of these so-called casinos."

[simpson96]

Gubmin't isn't getting their vig, so....

[alternatives?]

The local community in DC is not being uplifted either.

[PGR88]

Government has fully replaced the mafia.

They control the unions, they and their partners control gambling, sale of weed and drugs

Next up - they will legalize and partner on prostitution

[chajin]

I once ran an illegal game
And Bingo was its name-o
B—I—N-G-O, B—I—N-G-O, B—I—N-G-O
And Bingo was its name-o

I once forgot that ten percent
Went over to Big Guy-o
B—I—G-Guy-O, B—I—G-Guy-O, B—I—G-Guy-O,
The Big Guy, Biden’s name-o

[Hieronymus]

They may be putting the squeeze on the Knights of Columbus. Anti-catholicism comes in all sorts of stripes.

Hugo Black got good mileage out of acquitting the killer of a Priest at the Cathedral Rectory in Birmingham back in 1921

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._R._Stephenson

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yep.

[Rurudyne]

They keep making the same life choices through the generations and keep getting the same results. It simply isn’t government’s job to uplift anyone.

[GaltAdonis]

"...raids at 14 illegal bingo facilities in five cities..."

.

Well okay, if it will put an end the gangster granny's reign of terror...

[wardamneagle]

IRS involved…..

[stanne]

I’m shocked…

[frank ballenger]

This woman tried to leave the bingo hall but was stopped at the airport....

https://gfycat.com/littlebitesizedamurstarfish

[Ciaphas Cain]

This happened on one of the color episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Replacement deputy Warren arrested the entire women's auxiliary for running a bingo game.

I don't know how the episode ended. The color ones sucked.

[Levy78]

100k fentanyl deaths a year and the law is chasing bingo players.

[alternatives?]

My point was the FBI is concerned about bingo in AL and has no concern about DC.

[csvset]

Y’all having way too much fun over there. Going to need immediate rectifying .

[Ezekiel]

Uh oh, Granny must have figured out the super-secret song code.

7:
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Bingo was his name-o:

B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O

BINGO | Super Simple Songs

[Beowulf9]

Wow. Holding up a bunch of old ladies and men playing Bingo. “Get Dillinger...Oh, he's already gone, well, then get them old bingo players!"

[markman46]

Fbi and dea have to assist a state in shutting down slot machine dens.. wow talk about over kill

[Dr. Sivana]

I don't know how the episode ended. The color ones s***ed.

Agreed. They are like a Mayberry RFD prequel.

[wgmalabama]

The local politicians police and courts didn’t get their bribe um license on the front end so people gots to pay.