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Supreme Court OKs gambling control, felon voting rights amendments

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The state’s highest court on Thursday gave its approval for proposed state constitutional amendments on voter approval of new gambling and restoring voting rights to ex-cons. But there’s a big ‘if’ before either can be placed on theĀ 2018 statewide ballotā€”both amendments still need hundreds of thousands of signatures. Moreover, Justices Ricky Polston and R. Fred Lewis dissented on the gambling amendment, saying “the ballot title and summary do not clearly inform the public that theĀ proposed amendment may substantially affect slot…

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With ‘pre-reveal’ games, it’s dĆ©jĆ  vu all over again

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Illegal gambling is like cockroaches: You kill one and there are dozens more when it came from. Back in 2013,Ā a multi-state illegal gambling investigation embarrassed the Legislature, resulted in dozens of arrests and eventually took down a lieutenant governor. Jennifer Carroll stepped down because, before her election, she provided public-relations representation to the company being investigated. Yup, she was never charged with a crime and yet just the past associationĀ cost her the job. Some weeks later, lawmakers outlawed the strip-mall…

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House gambling bill set for Ways & Means this week

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The House of Representatives’ omnibus gambling bill will again be heard this week, records show. The bill (HB 7037) is on the agenda for the Ways & Means Committee, chaired by Bradenton Republican Jim Boyd,Ā on Tuesday. Though it includes a renewed blackjack agreement between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the legislation overall “freezes” the current ambit of gambling in the state, asĀ Rep. Mike La Rosa has said. He chairs theĀ Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee, which already OKā€™d…

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2017 Legislative Session preview: Showdown over gamblingā€”again

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With competing legislation now set up in both chambers, the question remains whether lawmakers finally will pass a gambling overhaul or whether the effort will founder as it has in years past. Hanging in the balance is a new blackjack exclusivity deal for the Seminole Tribe of Florida that promises a cut to the state worth $3 billion over seven years. Negotiated by Gov. Rick Scott in late 2015, it failed to gain approval from lawmakers last session as it…

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House gambling bill gets thumbs up on first look

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With its chair saying he wants to ā€œfreezeā€ gambling in the state, a House gambling panel on Thursday cleared that chamberā€™s overhaul bill, including a renewed blackjack agreement between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee OKā€™d the measure (PCB TGC 17-01) on a 10-5 party-line vote. But the bill, which isnā€™t yet assigned to another committee, differs greatly from the Senateā€™s gambling legislation. Its proposal (SB 8) now is cleared for consideration…

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State starts enforcing card game decision

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Gambling regulators have begun warning the stateā€™s card rooms to change their games. TheĀ Department of Business and Professional RegulationĀ (DBPR) has started sending form letters to advise card room operators about a final agency order on designated-player games. Last week, the department adopted an administrative law judgeā€™s findings that those games, similar to poker, were ā€œunauthorizedā€ under state law. That’s because they played too much likeĀ ā€œbanked card games,ā€ such as blackjack, only allowed to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Such games…

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State rules against certain poker-type card games

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A type of wildly popular poker-type card game is now banned as it is currently played in Jacksonville, according to a final decisionĀ issued this week by theĀ state’sĀ Department of Business and Professional RegulationĀ (DBPR), which regulates gambling. The department’s order, issued Wednesday andĀ filed Friday with the Division of Administrative Hearings, specifically finds against designated-player games offered at theĀ bestbet JacksonvilleĀ poker room and levies a $4,500 fine against it. DBPRĀ adopted an Aug. 1 recommended order from an administrative law judge. The effect of the…

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