Keep an eye on the legislature
March 11, 2008
A bill could be debated in the Alabama House today that may kill electronic bingo in Houston County. HB577 is a wordy 25-page bill that would expand electronic bingo centers to race tracks at Mobile and Birmingham, and effectively outlaw it everywhere else other than race tracks in Greene and Macon Counties.
Although a previously existing bingo amendment exists in Houston County, it appears this bill would limit the type of bingo that could exist here. The bill states “bingo shall not be conducted at any location (other than a racetrack) pursuant to a local bingo amendment, whether or not using conventional bingo equipment, under conditions where more than one bingo game per minute is played at such location. No equipment or device of any kind shall qualify as conventional bingo equipment (other than a racetrack) if it is used to play, or facilitate the playing of, more than one bingo game per minute in any single building, hall or other location used for playing bingo.“
The House is scheduled to be in session this afternoon. To listen to live audio from the House, go here
