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yallerdawg

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 10:29 AM Mar 2018

"You can be a winner, too!"

Love him or hate him, an Alabama icon has passed on.

Milton McGregor, Alabama gambling magnate, dies at 78

Milton McGregor -- the Alabama gambling magnate who owned the Birmingham Race Course and VictoryLand casino -- has died, according to his public relations firm.

"Milton E. McGregor, 78, Montgomery entrepreneur and developer of VictoryLand and the Birmingham Race Course, died peacefully at his home Sunday, March 25, 2018," read the statement from Direct Communications.

"Mr. McGregor is survived by his wife of 50 years, Patricia Turner McGregor, daughter Kim McGregor and husband Dan Hix, daughter Cindy and husband Lewis Benefield and seven grandchildren. Further details of funeral arrangements will be announced."





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