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VictoryLand to Present Its Side in Trial

Alabama Public Radio | By Associated Press
Published September 11, 2014 at 6:25 AM CDT
The death of a gambling expert used by the Alabama attorney general's office for several years could delay a trial over the state's raid of VictoryLand casino in Shorter.
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The death of a gambling expert used by the Alabama attorney general's office for several years could delay a trial over the state's raid of VictoryLand casino in Shorter.

Attorneys for VictoryLand are scheduled to begin presenting their side in a trial in Montgomery that could determine the future of the closed casino in Macon County.

Circuit Judge William Shashy heard two days of testimony from investigators with the state attorney general's office about how they raided the casino in 2013. They talked about how they seized 1,600 machines that Attorney General Luther Strange says are illegal. He wants the judge to order the machines destroyed.

VictoryLand's attorneys say that starting Thursday, they will present testimony about how Macon County voters approved electronic bingo machines in a 2003 referendum. They say they will show the seized machines play electronic bingo.

Attorneys expect VictoryLand's side to take two days.
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