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Seminoles' annual gambling payment to state rises to $233 million
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe Seminole Tribe has increased its monthly gambling payments to Florida by 55 percent, with annual payments for the upcoming fiscal year slated to total $233 million. The tribe's gambling compact with the state is entering its third year, and......Tags: Broward County, The Seminole Tribe, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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Palm Beach County to hold slot machine referendum
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners Tuesday opened the door to the possibility of expanded local gambling when they agreed to hold a referendum in November over allowing slot machines. The referendum will ask voters to allow slot machines at existing pari-...Tags: Palm Beach International Airport, Florida Legislature, Palm Beach County, Referenda
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Casino dealer fine lopsided
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has been getting mighty tough on casinos that violate the law. In March, the board slapped a $68,000 fine on Bethlehem's Sands Casino for six separate incidents in which the casino allowed underage individuals to...Tags: Mount Airy, Television Networks, Edward G. Rendell, Theft, Monroe County (Pennsylvania)
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Gambling bill would allow PokerStars, Full Tilt to apply for an online gaming license
A gambling expansion bill is back, but it now includes a provision that would allow PokerStars, once accused by federal prosecutors of money laundering and fraud, to compete for an online gaming license in Illinois. In the first draft of Senate Bill...
Tags: WMS Industries Incorporated, Casino and Gambling Industry, Prosecution, Terry Mazany, Melissa Harris
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More casinos in Florida? Bet on it
An old gambling joke says the difference between a prayer in church and a prayer in a casino is that, in a casino, you really mean it. But when it comes to gambling in Florida, the Legislature isn't wasting time on prayers. It's buying the results...
Tags: Tampa, BP Plc, Anheuser-Busch, Florida Gaming Corporation, Sheldon Adelson
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Seniors get caught in latest Florida gambling fight
Rita Coleman sat in her usual comfy chair at her usual video terminal at Johnny's Rec Room in Pompano Beach on Monday, but there was something unusual perched near her screen. It was an envelope addressed to Florida governor Rick Scott, containing a four-...Tags: Pompano Beach, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Coconut Creek, Palm Beach County
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Conference tournaments take their chances in Las Vegas
The last Big East basketball tournament as we know it hits New York's stage this week at Madison Square Garden. What sportswriter Dan Wetzel recently described as "the most honest event in college sports" is breaking up after a messy divorce that will...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, College Football, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Students, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Jim Thorpe ruling portends disturbing questions about Ira Hayes
There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Pittsburgh, Punishment, Whitehall, Judges
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WMS Industries places a bet on online gambling
While Illinois officials remain mired in debate over all forms of gambling, WMS Industries is predicting that casinos will soon become ubiquitous — via your computer and cellphone, at least. The Waukegan-based slot machine maker last month received...
Tags: Lotteries, Zynga Inc., Casino and Gambling Industry, E-Commerce Industry, Online Media Industry
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Your guide to Orange charter questions
If you've been following election news, you probably know that this year's ballot is as long as the list of platitudes you heard from both presidential candidates during Monday night's debate. That's especially true in Orange County, where five county...
Tags: Pine Hills, Elections, Executive Branch, Local Elections, Government
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Watch dealer's sleight of hand in Question 7 ad
So far this year, Maryland has been spared hurricanes and big tropical storms, but there's been a monsoon of television and radio advertising on both sides of the casino battle — approaching a cost of $50 million — to woo voters one way or the...
Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Tropical Storms, Prince George's County, Lotteries, John Payne
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What sort of casino suits the city of Chicago?
In March 2003, an executive from Park Place Entertainment, then the owner of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, stood inside the casino. His company had just spent $95 million to build the 4,000-seat Colosseum theater as the new home of superstar Celine Dion....Tags: Concerts, Culture, Behavioral Conditions, Casino and Gambling Industry, Celine Dion
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