A Macon County judge permanently banned VictoryLand Casino from hosting electronic bingo machines “subject to and conditioned upon” state law, nine months after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled against the machines.

VictoryLand, in Macon County, cannot have the machines on its premises, receive money from the machines, or transfer electronic bingo machines to any other facility in the county, Macon County Circuit Court Judge Steven Perryman ruled in an order issued Monday.

The permanent injunction stemmed from a lawsuit filed by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall against VictoryLand, accusing the casino of illegal gambling.

“Electronic bingo machines are a blatant violation of state law, and the Alabama Supreme Court has reaffirmed this time and time again,” Marshall said in a statement issued Tuesday. “Similar to the facilities in Morgan, Houston and Lowndes Counties, the Macon County facilities are permanently prohibited from using electronic bingo machines moving forward.”

The injunction will only be lifted if Alabama legalizes electronic bingo, Perryman wrote.

The Alabama Constitution prohibits lotteries and most forms of gambling. The Legislature and voters have approved limited exceptions.

In the 1970s and 1980s, lawmakers approved bills allowing pari-mutuel betting on horse racing and dog racing, live and simulcast, in Greene, Jefferson, Macon, and Mobile counties.

In 2003, Macon County voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow bingo, and Benefield said the intent was electronic bingo. But the Alabama Supreme Court has defined bingo as the traditional paper form of the game.

In a unanimous 9-0 ruling issued in September, the state’s highest court ruled that electronic bingo machines, which look and operate more like slot machines, are illegal gambling devices.

VictoryLand laid off hundreds of employees in January following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling.