Bingo Busts Could Cost Taxpayers Millions

[The Straight Story]

Bingo Busts Could Cost Taxpayers Millions

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Central Florida bingo bust could cost taxpayers millions, a Local 6 investigation has uncovered.

In August of 1996, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation and the state attorney general's office teamed up to close bingo parlors in Orange County.

"As a result of those nine investigations, all the bingo halls are now closed in Orange County," Assistant State Attorney Joe Cocchiarella said during the busts.

However, some of their legal tactics were so far-fetched that taxpayers are now being asked to pay millions in damages to bingo halls, Local 6's Tony Pipitone said.

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[AnnieBW]

1. Going after little old ladies' Bingo Parlors

instead of the real criminals at Halliburton and KBR!

[RC]

2. Safer that way

Less chance of ending up 50 feet under water with concrete boots.