On April 15, 2013, Greene County Sheriff Jonathan Benison made the monthly distribution of bingo funds according to the rules and regulations of his office. A total of $203,045.17 was distributed to the Greene County Commission, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, the Cities of Eutaw, Boligee, Union and Forkland and the Greene County Board of [...]
On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, Sheriff Jonathan Benison presented the monthly bingo distributions of $174,058.06 to the Greene County Commission, the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Greene County Board of Education and the cities of Eutaw, Boligee, Forkland and Union. The total paid by Greenetrack, Inc. was $58,058.06. This total was distributed as follows: [...]
Recently Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange obtained a final judgment for the State of Alabama in a so-called “electronic bingo” case arising out of the execution of a search warrant at a Lowndes County casino. In 2009, pursuant to a warrant, the State seized over 100 so-called “electronic bingo” machines from the White Hall Entertainment [...]
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Sheriff Joe Benison handed out checks from the various bingo operations in the county to the designated recipients. This was done, he said, according to the distribution percentages he, as Sheriff of Greene County, had established. Each bingo establishments pays according to the number of machines it has [...]
At a call meeting of the Greene County Commission on Tuesday, September 26, 2012, CFO Paula Bird advised the commissioners that financially, the county “stood pretty even” financially. The new fiscal year begins on October 1, 2012 and almost all of the funds were in positive shape. After an executive session, Chairman Nick Underwood made [...]
On September 13, 2012, Greene County Sheriff Jonathan Benison presented checks from the four operating bingo establishments in the county to various political entities including the Sheriff’s office. Greenetrack, Inc. contributed a total for $59,277.42; Green Charity, $45,800; Young People Alliance Organization (YPAO/Lucky Star); $20,800 and Dream, Inc. (Frontier) $44,200. From the four [...]
On Friday, August 10, Sheriff Jonathan Benison passed out the July checks representing the distributions to the various entities, according to the rules and regulations he had established. A total of $178,944.19 was given to the Greene County Commission, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, the Cities of Eutaw, Forkland, Boligee, and Union and [...]
At the regular meeting of the Greene County Commission, CFO Paula Bird told the commissioners that the county would have to take some money out of the Bond Warrant Funds to complete the year, but that she expected to get it back from other sources. She indicated that she saw no problems at this point [...]
On July 11, 2012, Greene County Sheriff Joe Benison distributed May and June bingo taxes to the various political entities entitled to the money under his rules and regulations. The total sum distributed for May was $157,844.19. The June distributions totaled $169,353.34. The May totals per bingo hall were: Dream Inc./Frontier – $34,470; [...]
On Tuesday, March 20, Sheriff Jonathan Benison distributed the bingo checks for the month of February. A grand total of $143,036.87 was distributed. Each entity gets a set amount of money from each bingo machine in the two currantly operating bingo sites. Greene County Commission receives $95 per machine; Greene Co. Sheriff – [...]
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