Gambling News by House of Odds

The man who brought sweepstakes gaming to Alabama came to its defense. Last
week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the video gaming machines are
illegal, but Birmingham Race Track owner Milton McGregor fired back.
McGregor said that last week's 8-0 decision by the Alabama Supreme Court was
based on politics, not the law. Ten months after a Jefferson County judge
ruled sweepstakes machines were legal, the state Supreme Court overturned
the decision. The court claims that the machines are a disguised version of
slot machines, which violate state gambling laws. This decision is not only
affecting the Birmingham Race Track but dozens of smaller operations all
over Jefferson County, and on Monday, McGregor accused at least half the
justices of being influenced by Mississippi's casinos, which are McGregor's
biggest competition. "What the court (did by) issuing this decision on
sweepstakes in Alabama is intellectually dishonest and wrong, and they know
it," said McGregor. NBC 13 contacted Chief Drayton Neighbors' office to get
his reaction to McGregor's claims and he had no comment. McGregor plans to
ask the court to reconsider its decision regarding the machines and until
there is a decision made on that request, the sheriff's department will not
enforce the ruling.