Most bingo operations shut down in Jefferson County last month following threats of state raids.

But an opinion issued by Judge Robert Vance has many like Bamaco in Fairfield poised to reopen.

Valeria Williamson says that makes her happy.  "I don't understand it because most of the majority of people, a lot of people wanted bingo so I think the people's opinion matters a lot."

Bamaco isn't the only bingo facility slated to reopen in the cutoff, in fact new facilities are also set to open on Friday.

That creates a dilemma for District Attorney Arthur Green.

"I've got people that want to operate bingo games in Alabama and put people to work and I'm not supposed to allow it to happen but they allowed the biggest thing in existance in Macon County, Victoryland 6500 machines, and Greene County is still open. I don't know what I'm going to do."

Many hope that Greene doesn't act like the owner of Rib Kings, Darrel Pickett. 

Pickett's business is nestled between two of the areas larger bingo establishments and has seen a dramatic drop in customers since the bingo halls closed.

"90% of my customers were new customers that didn't even know we were here, so it was great."

But even when the halls reopen and business rebounds, Green says the money may not flow for long.

"I know they're walking on quicksand because they not only don't know what I'm going to do, they don't know what the governor's going to do, and they don't know what Troy King's going to do."

And that could be the end for some small businesses like Darrel Pickett's Rib Kings.

"It would be tough, it would be tough, I can't say i'd go under, but it would be tough."