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Is Rick Scott already getting cold feet on Seminole blackjack deal?

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Gov. Rick Scott has told reporters he’ll “respect the decision” of the Legislature about the deal he struck with the Seminole Tribe of Florida renewing exclusive rights to offer blackjack at its casinos in return for $3 billion over seven years. Scott briefly answered questions after this week’s Cabinet meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday morning. He and others spent months going back and forth on the terms, heralding the details Monday night with a statement that the new agreement is…

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Gambling deal with Seminole Tribe still has a long way to go

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Want a sure bet? The gambling agreement between Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe is going to face changes over the next three months – if it’s approved at all. The deal signed Tuesday calls for a guaranteed $3 billion over seven years for Florida in exchange for the state agreeing to limit the tribe’s competition and let it operate table games such as roulette and craps at its seven casinos. If approved as is, it will ensure a…

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No Casinos: Seminole Compact should limit, not expand gambling

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The day after Gov. Rick Scott announced a new gaming compact deal with the Seminole Tribe, No Casinos head John Sowinski doubled down on his group’s opposition to gambling expansion of any kind. The Seminole Gaming Compact, originally brokered by Gov. Charlie Crist, gave the tribe exclusive rights to banked card games, such as blackjack, in exchange for payments to the state. The exclusivity deal expired and Scott’s new compact, which requires approval from the Florida Legislature, would open the door for a non-tribal casino in…

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Give credit to … for breaking the news about the Seminole Compact deal

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“They do this at eight o’clock at night?” That was the first thing an exasperated Jim Rosica, one of our state capital reporter, said to me once I got him on the phone after news of Gov. Rick Scott reaching a deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida hit the Twitters. Rosica and the rest of the Capitol Press Corps raced each other to break the news about the Compact. So who won the race? It certainly wasn’t me. I’m with my…

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Gov. Scott signs new $3 billion Seminole Compact

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Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that he and the Seminole Tribe have reached a sweeping new gambling deal that would bring in billions to the state while also allowing an expansion of gambling in South Florida. Scott said that the compact with the tribe that would generate $3 billion for the state over a seven-year period starting in 2017. It must be ratified by the Florida Legislature. For its part, the tribe gets to keep card games such as blackjack…

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Forecast uncertain for gaming revenue as Seminole compact still unresolved

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The state Revenue Estimating Conference, a panel of economists gathered to discuss revenue levels expected to flow into state coffers from gaming proceeds Wednesday afternoon, including from the banked card games and Las Vegas-style slots the Seminole Tribe of Florida operate under an exclusive compact with the state. The consensus, now that the deal has expired: no one is really sure. The economists, like the rest of state government, are navigating unchartered territory. Since the sovereign tribe’s compact with the…

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Florida Supreme Court agrees to take up slot machine dispute

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The Florida Supreme Court is taking up a long-running legal dispute that could result in slot machines being added at dog and horse tracks across the state. The 1st District Court of Appeal in early October ruled that slot machines couldn’t be installed at a facility west of Tallahassee. But the decision was unusual because the court overturned its own decision. The court had ruled in May that slot machines were allowed because Gadsden County voters approved a referendum authorizing…

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