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At the recessed meeting of the Greene County Commission on Tuesday, September 27, the Courthouse was packed with people who came to hear what was going to happen to sewer services if a new bingo facility opened on CR 208 in the old Hardee’s location. Prior to the Commission meeting, Greenetrack CEO Luther Winn brought [...]
At the end of a meeting Monday night, August 29, 2011, at the Eutaw Activity Center, attended by over 200 people, which had the feel reminiscent of a “civil rights mass meeting”, Luther “Nat” Winn announced that electronic bingo would return to Greenetrack by this Wednesday. In a press release issued Wednesday from [...]
On August 12, 2011, the Supreme Court of Alabama issued a Writ of Mandamus to stay the enforcement of the trial court’s order of August 3 that the electronic bingo machines seized from Greenetrack be returned. “It is ordered that the enforcement of the trial court’s order of August 3, 2011, is staying [...]
When Greenetrack first opened as a dog track, provisions were made to hold two special days each year, with part of the handle from live dog racing and later from simulcasting going to non-profit organizations in Greene County. These two days are called Charity Days at Greenetrack and the second one in 2011 will be [...]
Despite the devastation caused by the recent tornados, the people of Greene County got some good news at the regular meeting of the Greene County Commission. According to Commission Chair William “Nick” Underwood, Greenetrack has paid their $250,000 yearly rent to the county. In addition, the county received $22,420 from their share of the bingo [...]
The bingo computer machines now in use at Greenetrack are the types that were not seized during the July, 2010 raid. Now they have been declared illegal by AG Strange. Despite the fact that the current electronic bingo machines at Greenetrack allegedly meet all the criteria laid down by the Alabama Supreme Court as far [...]
Horse races such as this make Charity Day exciting Saturday, March 5, is Charity Day at Greenetrack. There are two charity days in Greene County each year. This year the two days are March 5 and July 2. The money (or handle) bet on simulcast horse racing or dog racing on Charity Day goes to [...]
In 1988-1989, the Greene County Commission had an attorney named Glenn Murdock who was handling the county’s supposed interests in the case in which Bear Bryant Jr. gave Greene County half of the facility and land upon which Greenetrack Inc. sits. Greenetrack was at that time the home of simulcast dog and horse [...]
On Wednesday morning, August 11, Greenetrack CEO Luther “Nat” Winn was acquitted in the Greene County District Court of the charge of reckless endangerment in the takeover of Greenetrack by Gov. Bob Riley’s Task Force. He and the Greenetrack employees and supporters who were jailed for Obstructing a Government Operation earlier that same morning had [...]
People began arriving at Greenetrack shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning, July 28, to receive free food from the House of Prayer Family Church. Everyone was given a flyer which detailed the eligibility rules, which depended on the size of the family and the yearly income. “Anyone who receives USDA food stamps is eligible for [...]
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