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Surviving March Madness

March 13, 2012

For those who will be trapped watching basketball games during March Madness, or invited to parties where you're more interested in free munchies than free throws, here's a game to get you through: Basketball Clich? Bingo.

Alabama public corruption trials focus on bribes vs. donations

March 11, 2012

Officials hope is US Supreme Court will help clarify issues.

Study: Alabama Indian casino revenue growth fastest in nation

March 11, 2012

Indian casinos in Alabama have been making money like no others across the nation, a gambling industry study shows. Revenues for Poarch Creek Indian Gaming grew 61 percent in 2010, giving Alabama the fastest growth rate among all of the 28 states with Indian casinos.

Milton McGregor vows to reopen casino, but AG says slot-like machines still illegal

March 8, 2012

McGregor didn’t pin down a time frame for reopening but said he’s focused on “getting 3,000 people back to work and charities and governmental agencies receiving revenue, as they should have been all the time.”

Milton McGregor says he’ll reopen VictoryLand casino in few weeks with electronic bingo

March 8, 2012

He said he won’t to try to pass legislation to allow him to have electronic bingo games at his dog track in Jefferson County.

All defendants acquitted in bingo retrial

March 8, 2012

The six remaining defendants in the bingo retrial received good news on Wednesday morning…

Scott Beason: ‘I did what was right.’

March 7, 2012

Beason said he does not regret wiretapping other legislators as part of the investigation that led to the bingo trial.

Residents react to bingo trial verdicts

March 7, 2012

Wednesday morning’s news of not guilty verdicts in the bingo corruption retrial spread quickly around the Wiregrass. Here is what some residents had to say about the outcome of the trial.

Poll: Do you agree with the jury’s not guilty verdict in the Alabama bingo trial?

March 7, 2012

Do you agree with the verdict in the Alabama bingo trial?

Verdict ends more than two years of investigation and prosecution in the bingo trial

March 7, 2012

While defendants celebrated, they and their lawyers also criticized prosecutors for taking the case to trial.