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Gambling Corporation Las Vegas Sands Plans to Create a New Casino in Florida

With its warm climate and sunny beach resorts, Florida is a major tourist location and a large market for casino gambling. Perhaps this is what casino gaming company Las Vegas Sands saw in 2012 and decided it was time to invest in some gaming expansion efforts in the state. After the proposal was rejected by lawmakers that same year, the LV Sands…

Law ・ 12 July 2022

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Controversial North Florida Casino Plans Fail to Gain Support

There has been a big case going on in North Florida involving casinos. The main problem was a petition had been taken to court to see changes put in casinos in North Florida. The petition, if successful, would see casinos in the region adopt a new style. They would be required to adapt Las Vegas-based casino styles, which isn't the case…

Sports ・ 06 May 2022

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Florida gambling expansion backed by Las Vegas Sands abandoned

Florida Voters in Charge, the nonprofit political action committee funded by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to gather signatures on petitions supporting the legalization of commercial gambling in northern Florida, has abandoned its efforts to put the question on the November ballot. The organization also dropped an appeals court lawsuit it filed when Leon…

Travel ・ 07 April 2022

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Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid for North Florida Casinos

After spending more than $70 million and wrangling in court for months, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to Las Vegas-style casinos in North Florida have dropped an effort to place the measure on the 2022 ballot. The clash over the casino initiative pitted Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the Seminole Tribe of…

Law ・ 04 April 2022

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Las Vegas Sands Gives up on Casinos in Northern Florida for Now

Las Vegas Sands winds down push for casino ballot measure in Florida The Florida Voters in Charge initiative will formally withdraw from the matter for 2022 No confirmation has come whether the committee may try to push the matter for the 2024 ballot The Seminole Tribe of Florida may be definitively winning a case against the Las Vegas Sands Corp.…

Law ・ 04 April 2022

Tampa Bay Times

Las Vegas Sands drops bid for North Florida casinos on 2022 ballot

TALLAHASSEE - After spending more than $70 million and wrangling in court for months, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to Las Vegas-style casinos in North Florida have dropped an effort to place the measure on the 2022 ballot. The clash over the casino initiative pitted Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the…

Law ・ 02 April 2022

WJCT News

Legal wrangling continues over Jacksonville-area casino

It's been almost two months since backers of an effort to bring Las Vegas-style casino gambling to North Florida failed to submit enough signatures in time to make it onto the November ballot, but legal jousting over the proposal hasn't abated. The fight over the proposed constitutional amendment has turned into a throw-down between Las Vegas Sands…

Incidents ・ 28 March 2022

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Las Vegas Sands dropped $73M on failed Florida casino drive

An unprecedented amount of money was spent on the failed petition drive. How much might a North Florida casino be worth? Las Vegas Sands, the Nevada-based gaming company, gambled $73.5 million on one proposal - and apparently lost, though the company has not left the action yet. Las Vegas Sands poured that total into the failed eight-month campaign…

Trust and Safety ・ 11 February 2022

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Florida Casino Backers File Lawsuit Over Signature Count

Since the end of 2021, a Las Vegas Sands-backed group has been hard at work in the state of Florida. The emotively named Florida Voters in Charge (FVC) wants to sway public opinion in favor of a gambling expansion proposal. However, it is now suing for more time after failing to gather enough verified signatures for the November ballot. just 77000…

Law ・ 02 February 2022

CBS News Miami

Florida Casino Initiative Legal Fight Dropped

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of…

Law ・ 01 February 2022

WJCT News

Deadline nears in North Florida casino drive

After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of dismissal Monday in Leon…

Law ・ 01 February 2022

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Casino initiative legal fight dropped

After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of dismissal Monday in Leon…

Law ・ 31 January 2022

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Lawsuit dropped against Seminoles over casino initiative

TALLAHASSEE - After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of dismissal Monday…

Law ・ 31 January 2022

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Florida Gambling Ballot Row Continues With Countersuit

The row between a group aiming to legalize casinos in North Florida and the Seminole Tribe has taken another turn. Florida Voters In Charge (FVC), an initiative backed by casino company Las Vegas Sands, has been attempting to gather enough signatures in order to get its proposal put to a public vote in November. denied all of the allegations from…

Law ・ 13 January 2022

Sun Sentinel

Accusations fly in legal battle on Florida casino initiative

TALLAHASSEE - A court battle involving a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to casinos in North Florida continued to escalate Monday, with a committee linked to the Seminole Tribe accusing backers of the measure of "engaging in a widespread, election-law conspiracy" in the race to gather enough signatures to place the…

Law ・ 11 January 2022

Sun Sentinel

Opponents of casino initiative fire back in lawsuit

TALLAHASSEE - Legal wrangling escalated about signature gathering for a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door for casinos in North Florida, with lawyers for entities linked to the Seminole Tribe accusing backers of the ballot initiative of breaking the law. Florida Voters in Charge, a political committee behind the casino…

Law ・ 20 December 2021

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Casino initiative opponents fire back in lawsuit

Legal wrangling escalated Friday about signature gathering for a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door for casinos in North Florida, with lawyers for entities linked to the Seminole Tribe accusing backers of the ballot initiative of breaking the law. Florida Voters in Charge, a political committee behind the casino proposal, is…

Law ・ 19 December 2021

Florida Phoenix

Gambling wars: Pro-casino group drops lawsuit alleging interference by Seminole Tribe

A pro-casino group backed by Las Vegas Sands has dropped its effort to shut down an "obstruction" campaign it alleges is underway by groups backed by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The fight was over voter signatures for a Constitutional amendment drive. In Florida's gambling wars, it appears that all new gambling initiatives are stalled or dead,…

Law ・ 14 December 2021

WUSF Public Media

Legal wrangling continues over gambling ballot initiative for North Florida

A political committee behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow casino gambling in North Florida on Saturday dropped an emergency effort to block entities linked to the Seminole Tribe from interfering with signature gatherers. The Florida Voters In Charge committee's move also put a halt to a scheduled Tuesday hearing in the…

Law ・ 12 December 2021

CBS News Miami

Florida Judge Denies Injunction In Gambling Initiative Fight

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - A Leon County circuit judge on Wednesday refused to immediately halt efforts backed by the Seminole Tribe to try to block a gambling initiative from getting on next year's ballot. The initiative, supported by casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp., would allow voters to decide whether to allow pari-mutuel operators in North…

Law ・ 09 December 2021

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