Birmingham, AL Mayor's tax returns show 555 jackpots hit playing electronic bingo

AL.com reports:

On Feb. 9, 2008, Larry Langford won $96,093, hitting 36 jackpots playing electronic bingo at VictoryLand casino in Macon County.

On March 14, Langford, who was mayor of Birmingham at the time, hit 21 electronic bingo jackpots that paid out $93,811 at VictoryLand. On March 21, Langford hit 19 jackpots at VictoryLand that paid him $63,637, according to his state tax returns.

Over three years, Langford won more than $1.5 million in 555 jackpots, tax records show.

Langford's state returns for 2006, 2007 and 2008 recently became part of the record in a civil lawsuit in Greene County, where plaintiffs contend electronic bingo machines at the GreeneTrack casino in Eutaw were rigged to allow Langford to win large sums of money. A similar lawsuit has been filed in Macon County where plaintiffs contend bingo machines at VictoryLand also were rigged to allow Langford to win large jackpots.

Imagine that.