Etowah sheriff denies bingo machine request

Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin has turned down a request to approve a permit for electronic bingo that CBS Supply says will use machines that are legal in Alabama.Entrekin’s decision came after CBS Supply, the developer of a proposed $200 million bingo development in the county, submitted a report from gaming testing firm, Gaming Laboratories International. The report said the Silver Line Systems machines, manufactured by Select Electronic Devices Inc., passed the standards governing legal bingo in Etowah County. Those standards include a six-point requirement set by the Alabama Supreme Court as to what constitutes legal bingo in the state.  In a press release, CBS Supply said Entrekin’s own expert said the machines comply with the law, and the sheriff “has a duty to permit CBS’s games and allow it to develop this huge economic development project for Etowah County.”