Gambling is a terrible thing for any state.
I think electronic bingo is illegal in Jefferson County. “If I thought they were legal, I’d be offering them at the Birmingham Race Course, and I don’t. I think that’s the only thing that will allow the four racetracks to become a destination point like they used to be and be able to do a lot of economic development.īenefield, reiterating a point made by the governor’s study group, said uniform regulation of gambling is important and notes the prevalence of“By my count, there’s about 20,000 electronic bingo machines in Jefferson County, and I think they’re all illegal,” Benefield said.
I think that’s the only thing that will allow us to compete with the other states. “Which will be at the four racetracks is to have full casino gaming. “My goal is that we’re going to try to pass something in the Legislature that will help Alabama,” Benefield said. We had every intention and everybody knew that what we were wanting to do was the same thing that the Native Americans were doing, which was electronic bingo.” “It was voted on by 76 percent of the people in Macon County.
“We passed a constitutional amendment in 2003,” said Benefield, who is the son-in-law of Victoryland founderwho died in 2018.
