LIPSCOMB, Ala (WDNews) – Agents from the Alabama Attorney General’s Office recovered dozens of illegal gambling machines that were stolen from state evidence. The machines were found late Monday night at Jay’s Charity Bingo in Lipscomb, located off Avenue K. These electronic bingo games had been seized just last week during a raid in Selma.
The stolen machines were easily identified by agents because the evidence stickers were still attached. The machines had been taken from Selma Charity Bingo, one of five locations shut down by the AGO last week under a temporary restraining order.
Local law enforcement in Selma arrested five individuals who were caught moving the machines from a sealed building. They now face multiple felony charges. Additionally, agents found over a hundred more machines at the Lipscomb location that they consider to be illegal gambling devices.
