Wes WolfeJuly 6, 2022
4min0
Each Commissioner is allowed to individually interview and vet the candidates.
Tag: Florida Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering
Wes WolfeJuly 6, 2022
Jim RosicaFebruary 22, 2016
4min302
A business that calls itself a “designated player services company” is suing the state over its crackdown of poker-style card games at several of Florida’s horse and dog racetracks. Elevated LLC, based in Tallahassee, sued in Leon County Circuit Civil court last week seeking an injunction against the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering “from prosecuting or […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 27, 2016
4min508
The same state agency now calling designated-player card games illegal was calling them “in compliance” with state gambling law as recently as last July, records show. What’s not clear is what caused the about-face. The enforcement is happening at the same time that lawmakers are considering whether to approve a new “compact” with the Seminole Tribe of […]
Peter SchorschApril 20, 2015
8min582
Florida’s thoroughbred industry is going all out in a high-stakes race against Oxford Downs, the quarter-horse track near The Villages in southern Marion County. Looking to develop a new horse racing facility in Marion, Ocala-based Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association (FTBOA) joined forces with a questionable trade organization in the yearlong effort to stamp […]