There’s also the spectacle of those employees being laid off around the holidays. Most notably: Macon County, where VictoryLand resides, is one of the poorest counties in the state, and the shuttering of electronic bingo games would send hundreds of employees scrambling to find new jobs in a tightening economy. The chances of success for such a motion by VictoryLand are slim even on a good day, but in this case, several other factors are at play. In response, the defendants filed for a rehearing, where they hope to show that the opinion from the court was erroneous and to introduce evidence showing that harm could be done to the charities that rely on VictoryLand for donations. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the electronic bingo games played at VictoryLand and two facilities in Lowndes County constituted a “public nuisance.” The order from the court included instructions to a lower court to issue an order within 30 days that would end electronic bingo.
Noting the severe negative impact that shutting down electronic bingo games will have on local charities, attorneys for VictoryLand casino in Shorter filed a petition for rehearing, asking that the Alabama Supreme Court hold a rehearing of the public nuisance case it ruled on late last month. Alabama on Friday may mean that the end is near for the journey towards reopening the VictoryLand casino in Macon County, Alabama.
