However, VictoryLand’s electronic games are similar to those operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians at the tribe’s casinos in Atmore, Montgomery and Wetumpka, but they are not under the jurisdiction of the state. The Alabama Supreme Court had ruled that the slot-like electronic bingo machines were not covered by state laws allowing charitable bingo games. On its first day of operations, the casino did not appear to be under any immediate legal threat with local law enforcement, which was good news for customers who had lined up hours before the doors opened. McGregor noted Macon County Sheriff Andre Brunson and the district attorney have assured him the new games are legal. “While it has taken longer than we hoped, the time is now here and we are pleased that hundreds of our people will have a new job and VictoryLand will be generating a badly needed shot in the arm for Tuskegee and this entire region of Alabama,” McGregor said. Shuttered since the state seized 1,615 games and 0,000 in cash in a 2013 raid, VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor said the facility had been illegally closed.
VictoryLand casino in Shorter, Alabama recently reopened in defiance of the Alabama Supreme Court’s March ruling that the casino’s previous electronic bingo games were illegal.
