By PHILLIP RAWLS
Associated Press Writer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Two Alabama casinos announced plans to reopen Monday after Attorney General Troy King said he is taking over the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling and ordering a halt to raids of electronic bingo casinos until a court rules whether the machines are legal.
Task Force Commander John Tyson said the governor has ordered him to fight King in court because the attorney general “is determined to do whatever it takes to protect the gambling bosses.”
After King’s announcement, two casinos that had been closed, Country Crossing at Dothan and White Hall Entertainment Center in Lowndes County, announced they would reopen soon. Both had been closed for more than a month to prevent raids by the governor’s task force.