May 16, 2023 · Christopher Spata Times staff Published May 16 | Updated May 21 It happens all day, in any corner of Tampa Bay. A gambler approaches a storefront with blacked-out windows in a worn strip plaza, or...
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Jul 28, 2022 · David Bauerlein Florida Times-Union The Florida Gaming Control Commission is warning that a proposal to legalize "adult arcades" in Jacksonville with casino-style electronic games could run...
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May 25, 2021 · The new compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida overhauls gambling in the state: adds sports betting, as well as certain new Las Vegas-style games, like craps and roulette. Confused By Florida ...
Welcome, fans, to Florida's theater of the absurd, where on Oct. 13 an unannounced candidate for re-election (Jimmy Carter) is pitted against an unannounced challenger (Edward Kennedy) in a dog-and-pony show without substance beyond what is made of or...
May 11, 2021 · What is the status of gambling in Florida right now? Can you be arrested for your Friday night poker game? It's complicated, but we've got answers.
In 1937, the Florida comptroller, the same J.M. Lee who had prevailed in Lee, prepared a document for Florida Governor Fred Cone estimating there to be 10,000 slot machines with total yearly play of $52 million in Florida. 20 Even children were allowed to gamble on these machines. 21 Slot machines in their actual operation had collectively ...
May 18, 2021 · Repealing the live racing provision, he said, would affect the 10,000-person industry and destroy their livelihoods. “These are hard-working folks who work day in and day out with their families ...