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Judge backs e-bingo; play allowed to continue
By Ed Fletcher - efletcher@sacbee.com
Last Updated 7:54 pm PDT Thursday, June 5, 2008
Local charity halls will still be able to use e-bingo machines, as a result of a temporary injunction issued late Thursday by a federal judge.
Under order from the state attorney general's office, several bingo parlors had planned to have their slot-looking electronic bingo machines removed from their halls at 11:59 p.m. Thursday.
A handful of Sacramento County charity organizations have complained that they would be quickly put out of business without electronic bingo.
One operator said that 80 percent of its revenue comes from the play of electronic bingo machines.
While the attorney general's office argues some e-bingo machines don't meet the legal definition of bingo, the group seeking the injunction -- including one manufacturer -- argues that they are legal and banning them would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The issue is scheduled to go back to court June 25.
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