Jacob OglesNovember 24, 2021
5min900
A federal judge's decision could do irrreparable financial damage, Tribe chairman Marcellus Osceola argues.
Tag: Marcellus Osceola
Jacob OglesNovember 24, 2021
Florida PhoenixAugust 4, 2021
11min2010
Florida’s 30-year deal, worth $500 million annually, is at stake; No Casinos group ready to fight if compact is a go.
Haley BrownApril 22, 2021
6min3599
House Speaker Chris Sprowls suggested the bill could be pushed to a Special Session.
Jim RosicaMarch 28, 2017
7min347
If it looks like a slot machine, and plays like a slot machine, it’s a slot machine, the Seminole Tribe of Florida is telling state leaders. An order by a Tallahassee judge, first reported by FloridaPolitics.com, declared that certain slot machine-style entertainment devices aren’t slot machines under state law. The Tribe disagreed. It now says those games violate […]
Jim RosicaMarch 8, 2017
4min270
Bill Galvano, the Florida Senate’s point man on gambling, has told the Seminole Tribe of Florida “inaction … is not an option” this year. Galvano, the Bradenton Republican in line to be Senate President in 2018-20, responded this week to a letter sent by Tribal Chairman Marcellus Osceola to legislative leaders and Gov. Rick Scott. Both […]
Jim RosicaMarch 1, 2017
5min483
The nation’s top Indian gambling regulator last year told the Seminole Tribe of Florida that the federal government would be “hard-pressed” to approve its new blackjack agreement with the state. The tribe on Tuesday disclosed the June 2016 letter from Paula L. Hart, director of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Indian Gaming, as an attachment to its own […]