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Florida Jurisdiction News
Florida college offers poker dealing course
1 Oct 2007
News Brief: Edison College’s Collier County campus will start offering a new continuing education six-week course titled, “Learn How to Deal Poker.”
Florida court reject slot case
28 Sep 2007
News Brief: The Florida Supreme Court Thursday rejected a request that it rule on a case challenging the legal basis for slot machines in South Florida, sending the lawsuit back to the trial court in Tallahassee.
Courts may decide Florida slots issue
18 Sep 2007
News Brief: The future of Florida's Broward County's slot machines may rest with the courts.
Privatized lottery idea criticized
10 Sep 2007
News Brief: Critics attack the proposal for Florida to lease its lottery to a private company.
Florida Lottery warns of scam
21 Aug 2007
The Florida
Lottery is warning consumers nationwide of a lottery scam involving a
letter indicating the recipient has won money from a sweepstake sponsored
by multi- national companies in North America.
Slots miss mark
31 Jul 2007
News Brief: Florida schools stand to lose millions of dollars in funding because slot machines in Broward County aren't bringing in as much money as the state expected.
Florida tribes win with bingo slots
25 Jul 2007
News Brief: The Seminole and Miccosukee tribes are bending gaming rules to their limits with the bingo slots and making a fortune — $1.6 billion last year alone.
Florida slots proposal clears first hurdle
13 Jun 2007
News Brief: A proposal to put slot machines in Miami-Dade County cleared its first hurdle Tuesday with no debate.
Florida tracks request slot vote
8 Jun 2007
Calder Race Course and Flagler Dog Track and Sports Entertainment Center have initiated a formal request before the Governmental Operations and Environment Committee of the Miami-Dade County Commission for a referendum to be held allowing Miami-Dade voters to consider the inclusion of slot machines at the three existing pari-mutuel facilities in Miami-Dade County.
Online gambling business duo guilty
18 Mar 2007
News Brief: A Florida couple who helped run a $1.4 billion-a-year Internet gambling business pleaded guilty to felony charges in Queens, authorities said yesterday.
Two tickets win Florida Lotto
15 Feb 2007
News Brief: A Lotto ticket sold in Margate was one of two that matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night, and the owner will split the $42 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
Florida Governor offers to re-open slots talk
17 Jan 2007
News Brief: Goveror Charlie Crist has offered to re-open stalled and bitter negotiations with the Seminole Tribe of Florida over its longtime push to operate Las Vegas-style slot machines across Florida.
Florida dog track opens poker room
28 Nov 2006
News Brief: The Sarasota Kennel Club, hoping to improve its hand, so to speak, opened the area's only poker room on Friday, One-Eyed Jacks.
Florida Courts Order Slot Petition Trial
10 Aug 2006
News Brief: A Florida appeals court has order a trial over accusations that pro-gambling petitioners forged signatures to get the slot issue on the statewide ballot in November 2004.
Websites Bet on Hurricane Wagering
5 Jul 2006
News Brief: On Internet gambling sites, thousands nationwide now are betting on hurricanes.
Snoop Dogg Hosts Poker Tournament
6 Feb 2006
The Rapper's Challenge Texas Hold
'Em Tournament, hosted by Snoop Dogg, is a one-day event in Miami on Friday, May 5, 2006.
Florida City Wages Campaign for Slots
20 Oct 2005
News Brief: Hallandale Beach will wage a one-city advertising campaign in Florida newspapers to draft support from voters and legislators for quick action on gambling regulations that will get slot machines up and running in Broward County.
New Slot Regulations Held up by Florida Legislature
19 Oct 2005
News Brief: The Seminoles' negotiations with the state to allow the tribe to install slot machines at its casinos are being stalled by the legislative impasse over gambling at Broward County parimutuels.
GoldenPalace.com Launches Ad Cow-paign
4 Aug 2005
News Brief: Six people dyed more than 100 cattle fluorescent purple and pink -- not as some sort of prank, but as the latest marketing campaign for online casino GoldenPalace.com.
Midas Entertainment Reports Initial Results
13 Jan 2005
Midas Entertainment, Inc. has taken over $32.6 million in bets, processed more than $3.2 million in payments and generated $712,000 in gross revenue.
AngelCiti Entertainment Retains OTC Financial Network
6 Jan 2005
AngelCiti Entertainment, Inc. has retained OTC Financial Network, a division of National Financial Communications Corp., to implement a comprehensive investor relations program.
Florida Raises Poker Stakes (A Little)
7 Oct 2004
Prof. I. Nelson Rose: Racetracks in Florida, like racetracks everywhere, have been searching for years for a way to bring in more gambling dollars.
New, Younger Fans Revive the Old Riverboat Gambling Game of Poker
15 Sep 2004
News Brief: During Hurricane Frances, Ryan Gabner got together with some buddies for an extended poker match.
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