Birmingham Wants Slot Machines

Governor Bob Riley of the state of Alabama is determined to get the illegal slot machines out of his state. He says that there are tons of illegal slot machines running in the state right now, and he wants them closed down. He has started a new task force to crack down on the slot machines starting immediately.

He says that many of the so called electronic bingo machines that are running in the state are actually illegal slot machines, and they are passing them off as something that they aren’t. Riley has also made it very clear that he is going to oppose any attempts by anyone within the state to expand gambling in any way.

Well, this doesn’t sit well with Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford as he is in the process of trying to get those slot machine type devices in his city. He says that there is abut $20 million to be made off of them and he wants them for his city. He says that the revenue from the bingo parlors could do a lot to help out the city financially.

It would seem that Riley and Langford have drastically opposing views on the process. Riley says that electronic bingo games are simply slot machines in disguise and should be illegal because slot machines are illegal in the state. However, Langford maintains that it doesn’t matter what form it comes in – or whether or not it looks like a slot machines – it is bingo and bingo is legal.

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