Gilley: Ala. casinos grossing millions on big days

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A casino owner who pleaded guilty to bribery testified Monday in Alabama about how electronic bingo halls had multimillion dollar grosses on big days and how he offered to organize campaign fundraisers with country music celebrities for two indicted state senators in return for their votes to protect the casinos from police raids.

Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley said he made the offers to state Sen. Harri Anne Smith and former Sen. Jim Preuitt before they helped the Senate pass pro-gambling legislation on March 30, 2010.

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Gilley also talked to Preuitt, R-Talladega, in a phone call recorded by the FBI, where he discussed helping him with his campaign.

"We believe in supporting people who support democracy," Gilley told Preuitt.

read all about it here: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/06/28/business-us-alabama-gambling-trial-alabama_8538774.html

Where did the money go? Electronic gambling (aka voting?) machines in casinos and lots of senators and megabucks involved it seems.

Why do we not hear about who is paying who in this sick damn game?

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1. Where the hell are the feds?

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2. the possibilities surrounding this entire situation are ENORMOUS!

Why people ignore this I do not know.

Where I now live there are three casinos nearby. It seems to me that a lot of the die-hards are old people with limited incomes and some use all they have in these places and have gone so far as to having themselves "banned" from them as it has gotten so out of hand for many.

You have depressed people, many old/sick that end up going to the casinos. Sometimes, their money goes to lining the pockets of these senators, BOTH I AND R involved I should add and they are just the tip of the iceberg! I'm sure others are involved in this massive fraud going on as well. :mad:

Making profit off of the poor is disgusting and these machines are RIGGED!!!!

I am sick of this, just sick of it.

We need to find a way to nail these crooks for this ugly crime of perpetuating and profiting off of poverty in I wonder how many cases besides that of the casual "tourist"?

On edit: Where are the feds is asked. I suspect the "feds" are part of this stinking deal!

Shameless :kick: