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Gambling Operators in Florida Oppose Proposed Rule Changes to Banked Card Games
World Casino News
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Florida are looking to drop a regulation that governs banked card games or designated player games but a number of gambling operators in the state have opposed the move and want the regulation which has been in effect since 2012 to continue to remain operational.
Gambling Operators Challenge Card Game Changes
Naples Herald
It may be unusual for industries to seek red tape, but gambling operators are urging a judge to keep regulators from doing away with a rule governing controversial card games that have become all the rage at the state’s pari-mutuel facilities.
Regulator: ‘Shame on Us’ if We Approved Illegal Card Games
WJXT-TV News4Jax
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Even if state regulators signed off on a popular type of card game years ago, that doesn’t make the games legal, a Department of Business and Professional Regulation attorney told an administrative law judge on Wednesday.
Nurseries seek to block pot production
My Panhandle
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In the latest twist in a nearly two-year struggle to offer limited types of medical-marijuana in Florida, three nurseries filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to at least temporarily block competitors from starting to produce the cannabis.
Judge Overturns Jai Alai Rules Amid Gambling Challenges
Orlando Sentinel
Gambling Operators Outraged over Card Games
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Cardroom operators are outraged over a proposal by state gambling regulators to do away with a lucrative type of card games, which regulators have decided are illegal after approving them for three years.
Argentina Gambling Industry Tycoon Closes Miami Casino for a Year
MercoPress
Argentine gambling industry tycoon Cristobal Lopez and who has been targeted by Paul Singer from Elliott Management in his hunt for assets connected to Argentine leaders, has closed for ‘a year’ a casino he owns in Florida and which he only opened last February.
New Dania Casino Plans to Close for a Year, but Regulators Will Have Final Say
Miami Herald
Six months after opening, Dania Casino & Jai Alai has announced that it will close for a year starting in October, putting an estimated 300 people out of work.
Recently Opened Dania Casino will Close for $50M Revamp
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tallahassee’s Next Lobbying Gold Rush: Cannabis
Miami Herald Naked Politics
The Betty Easley Conference Center was packed with a Who’s Who of Tallahassee lobbyists Monday. Each of them were scouting out prospects at the Department of Health hearing on the rule that will be the template for Florida’s foray into medical marijuana.