By 
Robert Johnson ·
Amendment 3 will see support from 71% of Florida’s residents who are likely to cast their vote in the upcoming General Election in November, the results from a recently conducted…
By 
Terry Davis ·
There is still no agreement or recommendations for a special legislative session in Florida, incoming Senate President Bill Galvano told local media on Friday. It has become known that state…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Seminole Tribe of Florida and Disney Worldwide Services, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, contributed collectively the amount of $700,000 in February to Voters in Charge, the political…
By Terry Davis ·
Two separate gambling bills were heard and voted in the Florida Legislature on Friday, one in the House and the other in the Senate, as this year’s legislative session is…
By Robert Johnson ·
This year’s Florida Senate gambling bill is set to be brought up for consideration by the Appropriations Committee today. The piece of legislation provides for a certain level of gambling…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida legislative leaders met Thursday with officials for the Seminole Tribe, which operates casinos across the state through Seminole Gaming, thus renewing discussions over the participation of the tribe in…
By Terry Davis ·
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran refused to provide his own predictions on whether his home state would succeed in passing a sweeping gambling reform during this year’s legislative session, which…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida’s Seminole Tribe and Governor Rick Scott reached an agreement about the tribe’s exclusivity over the provision of blackjack within the state’s borders more than a month after the Legislature…
By Terry Davis ·
The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that county referendums on whether pari-mutuels can or cannot add slot machines can only be held after state approval. The decision closed the…
By Terry Davis ·
The Florida House and Senate failed to reach an agreement on a sweeping reform of the state’s gambling industry, Sen. Bill Galvano, one of the leading negotiators, announced on Tuesday.…
By Terry Davis ·
The Florida Legislature has less than two weeks to craft a new gambling legislation. The state’s main legislative body has two gambling bills – one sponsored by the House and…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
The gambling legislation negotiations between the Florida Senate and House were suddenly postponed after the Florida Supreme Court decided to give the green light to a proposed constitutional change in…
By Susan Sutton ·
The Florida Senate is to put a start to the new gambling legislation negotiations between the members of the House and the Senate on Thursday. The conference is set to…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Florida House voted on Wednesday 73-40 in favor of a bill that if adopted with its current provisions will basically shrink the state’s gambling industry to few select options.…
By Terry Davis ·
The Florida House is expected to vote on a gambling bill today after its sponsor, Rep. Mike La Rosa, answered on Tuesday questions on what the legislative piece proposes. The…
By Terry Davis ·
The two houses of Florida’s Legislature have inched closer to the time when they will be negotiating a gambling deal after the full Senate passed on Thursday a gambling expansion…
By Terry Davis ·
Florida’s House and Senate may hold a gaming conference next week to solve the state’s gambling issues, local media reported. The announcement comes after the state Legislature’s two houses agreed…
By Terry Davis ·
A gambling bill passed a Florida House Committee on Tuesday after members voted 11-7 in the affirmative. Sponsored by Rep. Mike La Rosa, the piece basically keeps the current gambling…
By Terry Davis ·
Poker room bestbet Jacksonville will not be able to install slot machines at its premises as its request was denied by the state of Florida, local media reported. Regulators cited…
By Robert Johnson ·
Although there are two gambling bills in the Florida Legislature, both of them offering the Seminole Tribe what is considered to be certain benefits, tribal officials do not seem to…
By Terry Davis ·
Two bills focused on the future of Florida’s gambling industry survived through committee votes on Thursday to now head to the Legislature’s floor. This year’s legislative session is slated to…
By Terry Davis ·
Sen. Bill Galvano, the Florida legislator who proposed significant expansion of the state gambling industry last month, presented on Wednesday an amended and extended version of his Senate Bill 8.…
By Robert Johnson ·
A gambling-focused bill emerged quietly in the Florida House of Representatives earlier this week. Unlike an omnibus gambling expansion legislation proposed by a State Senator in January, the 81-page PCB…
By Terry Davis ·
A bill that calls for statewide gambling expansion has passed a vote in the Florida Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee. Sponsored by Sen. Bill Galvano, the proposed 112-page law will next…
By Robert Johnson ·
The State of Florida appealed on Thursday a court ruling made by a US District Judge last November that allowed the Seminole Tribe to keep blackjack at its casinos until…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida may see a massive expansion of its gambling industry after a state Senator introduced on Thursday a 112-page bill that would allow for the process. If Senate Bill 8…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida Senate President Joe Negron, who was sworn in office on Tuesday, told media that he would support the passage of a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of…
By Robert Johnson ·
Provider of gaming and lottery products and services International Game Technology PLC (IGT) announced that it has extended its long-standing partnership with the Florida Lottery through its subsidiary IGT Global…
By 
Anthony Huber ·
It seems that today is an important day in the gambling history of Florida as the House and Senate leaders are expected to propose bills that would allow the Seminole…
By Terry Davis ·
The Seminole Tribe of Florida and Governor Rick Scott are pushing together for the state Legislature to approve a gambling agreement that, among other things, would allow for a $1.8-billion…