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Seminole Gambling Deal Gets Big Win

In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a November 2021 decision by a…
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Seminole Gambling Deal Gets Big Win
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Florida: Gaming commissioners vote to delay Miami's Magic City Casino sale

The Florida Gaming Commission has delayed a ruling on the pending sale of Miami's Magic City Casino to an Alabama-based Native American tribe. The decision follows local media reports last week that the Havenick family, which owns the casino, is looking to sell the property to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians for an undisclosed sum. The move to…
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Florida: Gaming commissioners vote to delay Miami's Magic City Casino sale
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Florida gambling regulators delay decision on casino deal

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida gambling regulators on Thursday refused to sign off on the sale of Magic City Casino, one of the state's oldest pari-mutuels, to the Poarch Creek Indians, bowing to objections that the public needs to know more about the transaction before final action is taken. But the Florida Gaming Control Commission, which was…
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Florida gambling regulators delay decision on casino deal
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Magic Casino changes hands; Wind Creek gets 3 more permits

Magic City Casino owners, the Havenick family, are selling one of the oldest Miami-based casinos to an Alabama-based Indian tribe, the Poarch Band Creek Indians, for an undisclosed price. On Thursday, December 1st, the family will query the state to pass on its attractive gambling license to the new owners. Greyhound license: Once the transfer is…
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Magic Casino changes hands; Wind Creek gets 3 more permits
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DeSantis may need Biden to rescue $2.5B gambling deal

Right now the department isn't commenting. DeSantis himself did not know about the decision until asked about it by a reporter at an early morning press conference in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday. But it puts the governor - who routinely rails against Biden and is caught in legal clashes with the administration over vaccine mandates, cruise ships and…
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DeSantis may need Biden to rescue $2.5B gambling deal
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South FL businessmen, No Casinos sue to strike down gambling expansion

two lawsuits fighting for control of sports betting in Florida's new gambling compact, there's now a third lawsuit seeking to invalidate the compact altogether. A group of South Florida businessmen and their companies, along with the anti-gambling group No Casinos, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., late Monday, arguing that the…
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No Casinos, others sue to stop Seminole Compact

No Casinos asks a federal court to declare the Compact in violation of state, federal laws. Charging that the new Seminole Compact is a clear violation of the Florida Constitution and several federal laws, No Casinos and others filed suit Monday in federal court to block it. The suit asks a judge to set aside Florida's approval of the new 30-year…
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No Casinos, others sue to stop Seminole Compact
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Ante up: Florida’s gambling deal opens the door for online poker and blackjack

Florida's sweeping gambling deal wouldn't just bring sports betting to the Sunshine State: It also opens the door for online poker, blackjack and other games. But Floridians could get to do even more gambling under another item near the end of the 75-page agreement. Under a "miscellaneous section," Florida agreed to negotiate in "good faith" for…
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Ante up: Florida’s gambling deal opens the door for online poker and blackjack
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Anti-gambling group challenges Seminole Gaming Compact

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Now that the Department of Interior has allowed the gaming compact between the state and Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming allowance given to the tribe are readying a suit to stop it. The Seminole Gaming Pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May, and allowed to go into effect by the…
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Anti-gambling group challenges Seminole Gaming Compact
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Seminole Compact legal challenge coming

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - Now that the Department of Interior has allowed the gaming compact between the State and Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming being given to the tribe are readying a suit to stop it. The Seminole Gaming Pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May, and allowed to go…
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Seminole Compact legal challenge coming
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Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact

TALLAHASSEE - Now that the Department of the Interior has allowed the gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming being given to the tribe are readying a lawsuit to stop it. The Seminole gaming pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May and allowed to go into effect by the…
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Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact
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Massive gambling compact approved; expansion of gambling poised to change FL landscape

It's official. Federal authorities green-lighted Florida's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Friday, marking the start of a new cultural era by allowing digital gambling statewide for the first time in Florida history. The 30-year compact, worth $2.5 billion to the state of Florida in just the first five years, was ratified by…
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Feds Clear Way for Florida Gambling Deal

Delivering a major victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, President Joe Biden's administration has allowed to go into effect a 30-year gambling deal that gives the tribe control of sports betting in Florida, setting the stage for litigation over the agreement that could reshape the state's gambling footprint. The federal Bureau of…
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Feds Clear Way for Florida Gambling Deal
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Florida gambling deal passes federal review

A key federal agency will not block a sweeping gambling deal Gov. Ron DeSantis signed with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, opening the door for sports betting to start as soon as Oct. 15 in Florida and setting the stage for a legal showdown over the issue. The agreement allows the Seminole Tribe to offer statewide online sports betting in…
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Seminole Tribe’s gambling compact with Florida approved by U.S. regulators

TALLAHASSEE - Federal regulators on Friday quietly and passively allowed the gambling agreement between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe to take effect, opening the door for sports betting to begin on Oct. 15, and setting off potential battles in court and on the ballot over what direction sports betting will take in Florida. In a…
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Seminole Tribe’s gambling compact with Florida approved by U.S. regulators
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Companies seek to expanding gambling in Florida

TALLAHASSEE - The signing of an exclusive 30 year gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida has major out-of-state companies seeking to expand gambling on the 2022 ballot. Tens of millions are already earmarked for petition gathering efforts for at least three amendments. Big out-of-state interests are bankrolling efforts to create more…
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Companies seek to expanding gambling in Florida
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Gambling interests eyeing Florida’s 2022 ballot

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - The signing of an exclusive, 30-year gambling deal, including sports betting, with the Seminole Tribe has major out-of-state companies seeking to expand gambling on the 2022 ballot. Tens of millions are already earmarked for petition gathering efforts for at least three amendments. Big out-of-state…
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Gambling interests eyeing Florida’s 2022 ballot
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Gambling deal could bring $2.5 billion to Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe finalized a 30-year gambling agreement, inking a deal that would deliver at least $2.5 billion to Florida over the next five years in exchange for giving the tribe control over statewide sports betting. Tribal leaders, including Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr., joined DeSantis in his Tallahassee office…
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Gambling deal could bring $2.5 billion to Florida