What’s At Stake?<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhile the legality debate and interpretation of what the exact intent was of the legislature in 2010 is complex, it doesn’t take an authority of the state’s laws to understand why the state plans to rigorously fight the expansion of Florida slots.<\/p>\n
Should the state Supreme Court rule that the other 65 counties can indeed offer slot machines, the verdict would effectively vacate Florida’s existing compact with the Seminole Tribe.<\/p>\n
Between 2010 and 2015, the Seminoles paid the state about $234 million annually to operate slot machines at its four casinos not located within Miami-Dade or Broward. Though the compact technically expired last July and no agreement has been reached, the Seminoles continue to offer table games and slots.<\/p>\n
A proposed new 20-year deal was considered earlier this year that would have guaranteed $3 billion to the state, but the compact failed in the Florida House in March.<\/p>\n
With billions at stake, it’s safe to say the state will do everything in its power to make sure a small facility like the Gretna Casino doesn’t jeopardize such monumental gaming revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Florida slots are presently legal in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and outside of the Miami area, the state’s Seminole Tribe holds exclusivity on the gaming machines through its compact with the state. But Gretna Racing LLC is under the impression that horse tracks around the state have the legal right to offer slot machines at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":36501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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