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DA Walker orders video gambling machines closed District Attorney Spence Walker has put operators of “sweepstakes” video gambling machines on notice that they should shut the machines down immediately. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Dec. 1 that the devices at a greyhound dog track in Birmingham are illegal gambling devices, no different than slot machines. The 8-0 ruling reversed a ruling by a Jefferson County circuit judge who said the Birmingham machines were not a lottery and did not involve the use of slot machines or gambling devices. District attorneys and lawmen around the state are interpreting the ruling as having statewide affect. In the First Judicial Circuit of Choctaw, Clarke and Washington counties the machines seem more numerous in Choctaw where they are located in convenience stores and a gaming room had been set up in the old Lisman school, owned by the town. It has recently closed. Walker’s notice says that operations are to cease immediately “upon the managers’/ owners’/operators’ receipt of this notice.”
Further, “failure to cease operations of these machines immediately will result in the arrest of those having responsibility for their use. Any such machines remaining in the premises after the passage of one hour after receipt of this notice by any of the above-named parties will be confiscated, condemned and further appropriate criminal action may be taken.”
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