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A police raid in Alabama led to the seizure of 101 slot machines out of the White Hall Gaming Center.  The following day, the White Hall Gaming Center remained close for business.  In addition to the illegal slot machines, police also seized over $560,000 in cash. 

However the charity that runs the gaming center is fighting back.  On Thursday the group filed four court motions that was hoped to have stopped the raid before it happened.  Collins Pettaway, attorney for White Hall Gaming Center is hopeful that a protective order would soon have the group back in business.  The four court orders submitted by Pettaway to the Lowndes County Circuit Court were a restraining order, a declaratory judgment, a complaint for permanent injunction, and a motion that would have killed the search warrant.

If more raids are planned in search of illegal slot machines, David Barber, Commander of Governor Bob Riley’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling, certainly is not giving up any answers.  At a Friday news conference he refused to give any such answers.

One thing is for certain, this case is helping Alabama clarify what it means when referring to illegal gaming machines.  Barber was able to give a very basic definition of what types of machines are considered slot machines under Alabama law.

“The definition of a slot machine in Alabama, the statutory definition and the court rulings that have followed that, basically say if the machine was originally designed as a slot machine, is a slot machine presently or is readily adaptable or convertible to become a slot machine, it's a slot machine,” said Barber.

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