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Wiretapping details on McGregor Investigation in Six Pack Speak Forum

For the first time Thursday, the name Milton McGregor and the words federal investigation were linked.

  The connection came from an old McGregor friend, state Rep. David Grimes, who emerged from an appearance before a federal grand jury to say that prosecutors had just played a taped recorded conversation between gambling magnate McGregor and Montgomery lobbyist Bob Geddie.

  Grimes said that, in the five or so minute tape, the two men talked about what they called Grimes' wavering support for bingo legislation.

  "They said some nasty things about me and I thought they were my friends," the Montgomery Republican said while smiling. The bingo legislation did not go to a vote in the House. Grimes said he would have voted against it because, while he favors allowing people to vote on whether electronic bingo should be illegal or legal, neither bill that came up this year met his criteria.

  Grimes said he didn't hear either man say anything he considered inappropriate about how they might secure his vote or the vote of other lawmakers for bingo legislation.

  "They were discussing some people, working on how to get some votes for the bill," Grimes said. Grimes said he could not recall the names of other lawmakers mentioned on the tape.

  "I heard my name and it was, wow," Grimes said. "For a little bit I just stopped listening and started to think how many other tapes they had of me and others being discussed. I bet lots. You know they don't have just one tape."

  Grimes said it was obvious from the tape that both McGregor and Geddie were on cell phones, and at least one of them was in a car.

Grimes' account of the playing of the tape before the grand jury is the first time McGregor has been mentioned on the record in connection with the investigation.

  McGregor long has been the state's most influential gambling operator and for the past three years has been the driving force to persuade lawmakers to approve a statewide vote on legalizing electronic bingo. For 25 years, McGregor has owned and operated VictoryLand in Macon County, by far the state's largest electronic bingo casino.


Efforts to reach McGregor for comment failed. Birmingham lawyer J. Mark White, who represents McGregor, sidestepped direct comment on McGregor's role in the investigation.

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