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Is it “expanding gambling” to sell lottery tickets at gas pumps?

Published on November 20, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

Legislation is moving in the Legislature that would allow people to buy their lottery tickets at the gas pump despite a lingering question that the measure is an expansion of gambling. The question is more than moral or academic: Expanded gambling is a condition for the Seminole Tribe of Florida to stop sharing revenue from its casinos. The tribe kicks more than $200 million a year into state coffers. “Any expansion of gaming or use of lottery vending machines, beyond what…

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Bills would protect Florida consumers from credit card skimmers, data thieves

Published on November 19, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Drew Wilson

Bills that would require gas stations to protect customers from credit card skimmers and increase criminal penalties for data thieves were filed Thursday. The bills were announced by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, whose department is responsible for inspecting pumps at the state’s 8,000 gas stations. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspectors have found 150 credit card skimmers, small devices that capture the credit or debit card information of consumers, in the past year. “We estimate that $1,000 is stolen…

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