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8680 County Road 40
Shorter, Alabama 36075
Type: Land Based Slots Only
800-688-2946
Status: Closed
Open: 2010, Close: 2013
Link to Website
On August 12, 2010, VictoryLand closed its casino, restaurant and hotel operations.

On October 4, 2010, VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor was arrested along with 10 state senators and lobbyists after a federal probe relating to the improprieties of state gambling legislation. McGregor was charged with one count of conspiracy, six counts of bribery and 11 counts of honest services fraud. He was acquitted on all counts in March 2012. The casino floor was reopened in December 2012, over the objection of Attorney General Luther Strange, who argued that VictoryLand's electronic bingo machines were illegal slot machines.

On June 25, 2015, Judge William Shashy dismissed the civil forfeiture case against Victoryland brought after the Attorney General Luther Strange's office executed a search warrant in 2013 seizing $263,105.81 in cash and 1,615 gaming machines. Judge Shashy said “The state could not and did not offer any substantive reason why it permitted this state of affairs to continue at other facilities, while taking its present stance against the same operations at Victoryland…The propriety of the State of Alabama electing to currently pursue action against only one facility is of great concern. It is apparent at the present time that the State of Alabama is cherrypicking which facilities should remain open or closed. This would give Victoryland the right to re-open with full operations able to resume.

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CG197236
Added: 2018-03-12
Color: Orange
Contributed by: Robert Baker

Slot card cord with small 1 inch metal clip that has the casino logo

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