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No Casinos decries 1st District Court of Appeal decision to allow counties to approve new slot machines

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In the wake of Friday afternoon’s surprise 1st District Court of Appeal ruling allowing Entertainment Creek in the Gadsden County city of Gretna to move forward in implementing new slot machines, the Orlando-based anti-gambling advocacy group No Casinos issued a stern rebuke of the decision. “Today’s court ruling has far-reaching implications for the people of Florida. When voters narrowly approved a constitutional amendment in 2004, the will of the people was to limit slot machines to existing locations in two Florida counties,” executive director Paul…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

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First District Court rules in favor of Gretna slots, Gadsden voters, against Pam Bondi

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On Friday afternoon, Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal issued a sweeping 50-page ruling overturning a decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi that stood between Creek Entertainment and new slot machines licenses at their parimutuel facility in the city of Gretna, approved by Gadsden County voters in a 2012 referendum. The ruling repudiated the basis of the state’s opposition to the new slots led by Bondi, who instructed state regulators with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to deny the new…

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1st District Court of Appeal hears arguments in Gretna slots case

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The 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday afternoon heard arguments from plaintiffs seeking to overturn an opinion issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi invalidating the results of a 2012 Gadsden County referendum to allow slot machines to operate at a horse-racing facility in Gretna. An attorney from Bondi’s office defended the opinion. Attorney Marc Dunbar serves as legal counsel to Gretna Creek Entertainment and represented it before the court. He took to task, among other things, flawed grammar on the part of the AG’s office…

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1st District Court of Appeal to hear oral arguments in Gretna pari-mutuels case

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The Tallahassee-based 1st District Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday afternoon regarding whether or not the Gadsden County pari-mutuel facility Gretna Gaming should be issued a state license to operate new slot machines. More than 62 percent of voters there approved a county-wide referendum in 2012 that would allow slots at the Gretna quarter horse racing facility well-known to motorists who traverse I-10 to Tallahassee from the greater western Panhandle. Blocking its implementation is an opinion issued by the office of Attorney…

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