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

    04/15/2023 12:02:38 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 41 replies
    WVTM ^ | 04/12/2023 | Mattie Davis
    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...