All electronic gambling machines at the dog tracks in Macon and Greene counties are now in compliance with the attorney general's view of what's allowed under state law. Alabama Attorney General Troy King made that announcement Friday.
Last month, King announced that after reviewing all the state's gambling statues, he had come up with criteria for electronic bingo machines in the state. He said the machines must be based on the traditional five-by-five grid for bingo cards, but some machines at the two dog tracks used cards of different sizes.
King said he would give the tracks an appropriate amount of time to remove or reprogram the machines. Members of King's staff recently visited both tracks and found no problems. King says he's "very pleased the machines there were in compliance."
VictoryLand operator Milton McGregor says less than five percent of the Macon County track's 18-hundred machines were based on bingo cards that weren't the traditional size, but that's the way the manufacturer made them.
McGregor started changing the machines shortly after King's announcement and finished around January First. Greenetrack spokewoman Herlecia Hampton did not return a phone call Friday seeking comment.
Greenetrack has more than 700 machines. The dog tracks in Mobile and Jefferson County do not operate electronic bingo games.

