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Some of the biggest legislative items circulating Florida’s government offices right now have to do with authorized forms of gambling. The Seminole Tribe is looking to shore up a ratified compact to maintain exclusivity for banked table games, while pari-mutuels are hoping to operate pokies with or without the need to host live horse...

There’s a great uncertainty revolving around Florida’s gambling industry right now. For years, everything was running smooth, based on a gambling compact with the Seminoles who run tribal casinos throughout South Florida and existing laws that told pari-mutuels what other services they could or could not offer. But as previous compacts expire and new...

I think we can all agree that it’s difficult to approve or disapprove of something that we know very little about. Apparently that was the situation among voters in Florida when asked how they felt about the new State Tribal Gaming Compact recently agreed upon between Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe. The...