VictoryLand is a greyhound track, casino, and hotel in Shorter, Alabama.
Facilities
Greyhound racing track
The 1,230-foot greyhound racing track opened over twenty-five years but is currently not active for live racing but offers simulcast and wagering for both greyhound and thoroughbred races.
Quincy's 777 casino
VictoryLand is home to Quincy's 777, a casino, and used to be home to over 7,000 different slot machines. Before its closure, Quincy's 777 was the largest electronic bingo casino in the state.
Oasis Hotel
The Oasis Hotel, is a 300-room hotel which was built on the VictoryLand property, and opened on November 1, 2009. The hotel also had a fine-dining restaurant called Whitfield's Steakhouse, O's Lobby Bar, and the O Brew cafe'.
History
On August 12, 2010, VictoryLand closed its casino, restaurant and hotel operations.
On October 4, 2010, VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor was arrested along with 10 state senators and lobbyists after a federal probe relating to the improprieties of state gambling legislation. McGregor was charged with one count of conspiracy, six counts of bribery and 11 counts of honest services fraud. He was acquitted on all counts in March 2012. The casino floor was reopened in December 2012, over the objection of Attorney General Luther Strange, who argued that VictoryLand's electronic bingo machines were illegal slot machines.
On June 25, 2015, Judge William Shashy dismissed the civil forfeiture case against Victoryland brought after the Attorney General Luther Strange's office executed a search warrant in 2013 seizing $263,105.81 in cash and 1,615 gaming machines. Judge Shashy said “The state could not and did not offer any substantive reason why it permitted this state of affairs to continue at other facilities, while taking its present stance against the same operations at Victoryland…The propriety of the State of Alabama electing to currently pursue action against only one facility is of great concern. It is apparent at the present time that the State of Alabama is cherrypicking which facilities should remain open or closed. This Court refuses to be used an instrument to perpetuate unfair treatment," This gave Victoryland the right to re-open with full operations able to resume.
VictoryLand reopened September 14, 2016 with 502 gaming machines on the casino floor.
References
External links
- VictoryLand
