Country Crossing May Have to Move

It would seem that Texas is about to lose Country Crossing to its neighbor – the more slot machine and gambling friendly Mississippi. Ronnie Gilley owns the establishment, but his investors are nervous about a new law that has been passed by Governor Bob Riley creating a recent anti-gambling task force.

His investors think that they would be better suited over the state line, while Gilley wants to stay in Houston County. Due to the recent increase in bingo halls that are using slot machine type games, the governor has decided to start cracking down on the establishments that offer the games. It is illegal to run slot machines in Texas, and although some have tried to make them legal they have not been successful yet.

The problem is that some don’t think that the bingo games are legal. They say that electronic bingo and paper bingo are two different things, and if they are bringing in the electronic kind them they are bringing in slot machines. The owners of said machines say that they are not slot machines and that they are legal under the law as the law allows for bingo to be played.

Electronic bingo is not the same as slot machines though. Bingo machines let the players compete against each other, while slot machines let them compete against the house for larger wins. Some investors went ahead and pulled their support from the bingo hall all together after hearing the announcement, but the initial investors have not changed their tune.
 

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