COLUMBIA, S.C. - A federal trial between one-time gambling magnate Fred Collins and several gamblers has started again.

The first trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors couldn't reach a verdict. A new jury was picked Monday.

The case hinges on whether Collins and his employees induced people to gamble by offering illegal jackpots.

The gamblers' attorneys accuse Collins, who owns Collins Entertainment Co. Inc., and other operators in the formerly $3 billion-a-year video gambling industry of flouting state law by paying out thousands of dollars in jackpots to single winners.

State law limited payments to $125 daily before video gambling was banned in South Carolina three years ago.

Collins' lawyers have said his business followed the law and even told players on its machines that payouts were limited to $125.

Collins, whose company once owned one out of every six gambling machines in the state, was the only one not to settle out of 48 people sued by the group of gamblers. The lawsuit has bounced between state and federal courts for about six years.

The original trial lasted about two weeks.

Information from: The Greenville News