Florida lawmakers pushing for more, bigger casinos

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sully16 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:41:21 GMT

same old history, different century.

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Lucki723 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:08:53 GMT

The Price we pay for great Weather.

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Littleoldlady — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:16:05 GMT

I guess they want to turn Florida into a gamblers paradise. Too bad it will be mainly for the rich. They should be trying to drum up some type of long standing industries there because there aren't any jobs there. Clearwater Florida used to be beautiful. They have cut it up with all of those restaurants and tourists traps until it is really pathetic. They did the same thing to Dunedin. If you don't do something with the tourist trade or health care, there aren't many other types of viable employ... [ More ]

Florida lawmakers pushing for more, bigger casinos

Lottery Post — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:57:24 GMT

Seminoles and pari-mutuels say they'll fight plan

Two state senators announced Friday that they have filed legislation that would allow five Las Vegas-style casino hotels in Florida, spaced across the state.

Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, and Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, announced the news via a release Friday. Jones is chair and Sachs is vice chair of the Senate Regulated Industries Committee, which gambling falls under.

The legislation would authorize what Jones calls one destination resor... [ More ]