• Dog racing was legalized in Macon, Greene, Jefferson and Mobile counties in the 1970s. • VictoryLand was built in Shorter in Macon County in 1984. • Birmingham had live horse racing 1987–1992, but all tracks have simulcast horse, dog racing. • While video poker/gambling machines first appeared in Alabama in the late 1990s, electronic gambling came to VictoryLand in…