Charities upset over electronic bingo legislation

BIRMINGHAM — Several groups that host bingo games to raise money for their charitable causes are bitter about a proposed state law that would limit electronic bingo to 10 multimillion-dollar electronic bingo halls in seven Alabama counties.

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Mon, March 23rd, 2009

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