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Peter SchorschDecember 17, 2015

It’s good to be the king, except when you’re known as “Slots King of the World.” An email from the Orlando-based anti-gambling group No Casinos says the newly renegotiated Seminole Compact would bestow the dubious title of “Slots King” to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, by allowing “one or more tribal facilities to have the most […]

Phil AmmannDecember 15, 2015

There won’t be any major education bills expected in the 2016 Legislative Session, according to Senate Education chair John Legg. As reported by LobbyTools, testing legislation was one of only a handful of substantive bills that ultimately passed in the 2015 session. And for the upcoming session, set to begin next month, Legg said education […]

Jim RosicaDecember 9, 2015

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 […]

Phil AmmannDecember 7, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has finally struck a deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida to allow it to continue offering blackjack at seven of its casinos in return for a $3 billion cut of the take over seven years. Rather than an ending to months of negotiation, though, it’s just the beginning of what could […]

Jim RosicaNovember 20, 2015

Manufacturers of cards and chips who sell to the Seminole Tribe of Florida may be spared, at least in civil court, in any legal throwdown over blackjack at the Seminole Tribe of Florida‘s casinos. The Tribe is still offering blackjack despite the expiration of a special deal with the state that allows it to offer […]

Jim RosicaNovember 20, 2015

Legislation is moving in the Legislature that would allow people to buy their lottery tickets at the gas pump despite a lingering question that the measure is an expansion of gambling. The question is more than moral or academic: Expanded gambling is a condition for the Seminole Tribe of Florida to stop sharing revenue from its […]

Jim RosicaNovember 19, 2015

A prominent gambling-law expert is suggesting that the state has other pressure points to apply to the Seminole Tribe of Florida in an ongoing fight over offering blackjack at its casinos, including going after it with organized crime laws. Prof. I. Nelson Rose of California’s Whittier Law School said he first offered that advice to the Senate […]

Jim RosicaNovember 18, 2015

An anti-gambling expansion organization is asking Gov. Rick Scott to jettison “gambling expansion scenarios as a part of the compact renewal” with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, according to a letter released Wednesday. John Sowinski, president of Orlando-based No Casinos, wrote to Scott on Tuesday, sending copies to legislative leaders. The state is deadlocked with the tribe over renewing a […]

Phil AmmannNovember 5, 2015

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is taking to the airwaves with a new ad urging the public to pressure Gov. Rick Scott and state legislators to “get it done” and renew the gambling agreement known as the Seminole Compact. Signed in 2010, the Compact allows the Tribe to offer blackjack and other banked card games […]

Peter SchorschOctober 30, 2015

With its compact with the state of Florida expired and now in federal court to protect its multibillion dollar gambling interests, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has retained one of Tallahassee’s most prominent governmental affairs firms. Floridian Partners, the lobbying shop headed up by Charlie Dudley, was inked this week to represent the Tribe before the […]

Tag: Seminole Compact
Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

Email insights: No Casinos says it’s not good to be the king – of slots

Don’t expect major education bills in 2016, John Legg says

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

Gov. Rick Scott signs new $3 billion Seminole Compact

Card, chip makers may be safe in fight over Indian blackjack

Is it “expanding gambling” to sell lottery tickets at gas pumps?

Gambling expert says Seminoles may run afoul of organized crime laws

No Casinos tells Rick Scott to leave expansion out of gambling talks

Seminole Tribe ad calls Rick Scott, lawmakers to “get it done” with new Compact

Seminole Tribe of Florida lobbies up with hire of Floridian Partners