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the Coalition for Community Pride and Progress (the community
coalition). In 1994, a fraternal organization known as the Mighty
O’Jays (the O’Jays) was added as a sponsor. (Messrs. Fields,
Bullock, Sharpe, and Peacock were members of the O’Jays.) All
three organizations (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
sponsoring organizations) purportedly were qualified organizations
for purposes of conducting bingo games under Virginia law.
During 1993 and 1994, bingo games took place at Buckroe twice
a week. Each of the sponsoring organizations provided persons to
work the bingo games. At different times, Messrs. Fields, Bullock,
Sharpe, or Peacock helped train new floor workers, maintained the
financial records, and were present at Buckroe during the bingo
sessions.
As an accommodation, 4 Leaf Corp. purchased bingo supplies
(i.e., game cards, chips, markers, etc.) from Bingo Products, Inc.,
and sold the supplies to the sponsoring organizations at cost.
These supplies were subsequently sold, at a profit, to the bingo
players.
At the end of an evening of bingo, "bingo accountability
sheets" were used to record the aggregate cost of supplies and the
amount paid out as prizes.2 The bingo accountability sheets did
2 There were no bingo accountability sheets for
approximately 10 percent of the bingo games held in 1993 and
1994. Further, some of the information on the bingo
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