Alabama governor is seeking another closure of VictoryLand

After re-opening on September 13, the VictoryLand entertainment venue with its stable of electronic bingo machines is facing the real prospect of being closed again following a plea from Alabama governor Robert Bentley.

According to a report from local television broadcaster WCBI-TV, the Republican has joined with Luther Strange, the Attorney General for Alabama, to send letters to the sheriffs and district attorneys of Macon County and Lowndes County asking that they assist the pair in shutting the venue near the Montgomery suburb of Shorter as electronic bingo is “clearly disallowed” by state laws.

In their letters, Bentley and Strange requested that they wanted to hear plans on how to force the closure of the Macon County enterprise by the end of the month despite pre…