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Florida Jurisdiction News
Perspectives Weekly: Christie signs!
6 Mar 2013
As promised, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed the online gambling legislation sent back to him with the requested revisions. Also, industry news from the European Union, Florida, and the last of the Black Friday fallout.
Casino City Gang: It's arithmetic edition
8 Nov 2012
Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss the casino initiatives that passed in Maryland and Rhode Island, the top NFL betting trends from the first half of the season, the weird Florida betting ring that focused on youth football and how betting exchanges and online sports books viewed the U.S. presidential election. They also pick every NFL game on this weekend's slate against the spread.
D.C. becomes first U.S. jurisdiction to regulate online poker; other states fold efforts
13 Apr 2011
A half-page provision in Washington, D.C.'s 2011 budget that never even uses the word poker made the city the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to adopt legislation regulating the industry.
Online poker could come to Florida racetracks
7 Mar 2011
Two bills have been filed that would see online poker embraced at Florida's racetracks.
Iowa legislature pursuing intrastate online poker
25 Feb 2011
The Iowa Senate is on the verge of considering legislation that would license and regulate intrastate online poker, according to a report in today's Des Moines Register.
Florida casinos to debut around-the-clock poker
29 Jun 2010
The state's Seminole casinos will offer Las Vegas-style high stakes, no-limit, around-the-clock poker play starting July 1.
78-year-old Florida retiree wins WSOP senior title, $487,994
21 Jun 2010
Harold Angle won the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Monday morning. It was the biggest senior’s poker event ever on record, with Angle outlasting a field of 3,142 players to win $487,994.
23-year-old wins WSOP lowball title for $294,314
12 Jun 2010
David Baker won the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball championship at the World Series of Poker in the early-morning hours on Saturday to claim a WSOP gold bracelet and $294,314.
Online and land-based gambling worlds collide at GIGSE
11 May 2010
The Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GIGSE) returned Tuesday after a two-year hiatus, gathering online and land-based gambling industry professionals for a "Pre-Conference Workshop" to discuss the future of the industry in North America.
'Havana Nocturne,' 'Tales of Old Las Vegas' colorfully done
10 Sep 2009
T.J. English takes us back to pre-Castro Cuba and Sam O'Connor tells us tales of old Las Vegas. Both books make for great late-summer reading.
Florida governor resumes gambling talks
2 Jul 2009
News brief: Gov. Charlie Crist has resumed talks with the Seminole Tribe of Florida over a gambling compact.
Florida House and Senate divided on gambling
14 Apr 2009
News brief: The Senate and House have competing gambling plans that could be up for floor votes as early as this week.
More people becoming addicted to blackjack
23 Feb 2009
News brief: Blackjack has nearly pulled even with poker in Florida in terms of card-playing addictions.
UF's Calathes cleared in online gambling incident
17 Nov 2008
News brief: The sophomore point guard did not break NCAA rules after running up online poker debt.
Poker revenues up $2.4 million at Bonita track
26 Sep 2008
News brief: Revenues in the 30-table card room increased 63 percent 2007, netting the track a whopping $2.4 million dollars more in action than the previous year.
Florida governor bets on Powerball
21 Jul 2008
News Brief: Gov. Charlie Crist is betting that bringing the Powerball multistate lottery game to Florida in January will be a big winner, generating lots more dollars for education.
Florida slot lawsuit returns
27 May 2008
News Brief: A nearly forgotten case that pits South Florida's slot machine casinos against anti-gambling forces has resurfaced in a Tallahassee court after dragging through the appeals process for months.
Seminole poker event angers racetracks
27 May 2008
News Brief: The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino three-day poker tournament rankles managers at competing racetrack-casinos in Broward County.
Florida lottery games fall short
15 Apr 2008
News Brief: Florida economists report that the new 'High Roller' scratch-off game, as well as new mid-day drawings of Cash 3 and Play 4 Lotto games, will produce $109 million less than expected for the current budget year and $179 million in the 2008-09 budget.
Seminole casino gets Vegas-style slots
14 Mar 2008
News Brief: The Seminole Tribe of Florida celebrated the arrival of Las Vegas-style slot machines at its north Broward County casino.
Florida slot tax cut debated
7 Mar 2008
News Brief: A plan to cut the tax rate on slot machines to encourage more gambling in South Florida turned tense at a legislative committee.
Florida voters back slot plan
31 Jan 2008
Voters in South Florida on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure to give three locations in the Miami-Dade County area a total of 6,000 Las Vegas-style slot machines.
Churchill Downs CEO responds to Miami-Wade vote
30 Jan 2008
Robert L. Evans, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Downs Incorporated has issued the a statement in reaction to results from yesterday’s elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
New opposition to Florida slot vote
10 Jan 2008
News Brief: A new anti-gambling coalition has emerged, uniting groups as diverse as greyhound advocates, mothers against gambling and conservative Christians in a late-hour push to defeat the Miami-Dade County slot machine referendum.
Ex-spouses' Lotto settlement stays unsealed
22 Oct 2007
News Brief: A Miami-Dade judge on Thursday said a settlement agreement between a man and his ex-wife divvying up her lottery fortune should remain an open record.
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