Legal Opinion
Adell v. MACON COUNTY GREYHOUND PARK, INC.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 31, 2011No. 3:10-cr-00122PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. KEITH WATKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, all 853 of them, collectively bet millions of dollars playing electronic bingo machines at Victoryland in Macon County, Alabama. In the end, the machines made losers of them all. Now, they are betting on better odds in this federal lawsuit in which they seek to get back their lost wagers and more. They venture to do so under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961, et seq., and a 150-year-old Alabama statute that voids gambling contracts, Alabama Code § 8-1-150. Defendants, to…
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