Sports
August 26, 2021
NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400: Date, Time, Odds and Picks
An exciting race is ahead this week for NASCAR fans: the Coke Zero Sugar 400. The annual race, taking place at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL, will be held this Saturday. Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Beach Comes Saturday One of the most anticipated races of the season, the Coke Zero Sugar […]
Industry
August 19, 2021
Magic City Owners File a Lawsuit to Stop Florida’s Gaming Compact
Companies that own two private casinos in Florida have filed suit in the federal court of the US. According to the suit, the Florida gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida needs to be ruled unlawful and the approval of the federal government needs to be vacated. The Compact is Based on a Fiction, […]
Legal
August 17, 2021
Man Who Opened Fake Gambling Accounts for Victims Sentenced
A 54-year-old Boca Raton, FL, resident has been sentenced to 48 months in prison. Randy Craig Levine used three websites to defraud victims with promises of opening gambling accounts, but he used the money for personal expenditures. Although the fraud occurred between 1999 and 2004, Levine was on the run for 15 years before being […]
Business
August 9, 2021
Sport Betting in Florida Silently Clears a Major Hurdle, but Trouble Remains
In spite of multiple attempts to derail the effort, Florida’s legalized sports betting market is now only inches from the finish line. The federal government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) had 45 days to approve the state’s gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and has allowed that window to close with no response. […]
Industry
July 30, 2021
Andrew Saunders Appointed as Seminole’s VP of Entertainment
Seminole Gaming announced Andrew Saunders was appointed as the company’s new Vice President of Entertainment to spearhead live entertainment efforts for the tribe’s venues across Florida. Wealth of Live Entertainment Business Experience New Vice President of Entertainment Saunders will be responsible for the overall entertainment strategy for the tribal gaming venues in the state, from […]
Industry
July 21, 2021
Bestbet Expands in Florida Despite Uncertain Gaming Future in the State
Bestbet was born in St. Johns County, FL, in the 1980s, so it’s only fitting that the gaming operator would want to keep its local footprint. It has been greenlighted by the county to open a new property in the town of St. Augustine, using the former site of the St. Augustine Flea Market as […]
Casino
July 16, 2021
LVS Targets Jacksonville Casino with $17m Committee Funding
A casino company is stealing gambling industry headlines this week after it was revealed it made a multi-million contribution to a political committee to support gambling expansion. Statewide Casino Petition Florida Voters in Charge, a political committee with a mailing address in Jacksonville Beach, filed with the state’s Division of Elections documents to reveal the […]
Legal
July 6, 2021
Southwest Parimutuels Files Lawsuit against FL Gaming Compact
Sports betting legalization in Florida is now facing legal hurdles after a pari-mutuel company filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the state compact with the Seminole Tribe. Legal Fiction Southwest Parimutuels, owner of Magic City Casino in Miami and the Bonita Springs Poker Room, filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern […]
Industry
June 23, 2021
Florida’s Gaming Compact with the Seminole Has New Resistance
The Department of the Interior (DoI) is expected to reveal its decision on the gaming compact between Florida lawmakers and the Seminole Tribe of Florida in the next couple of weeks, but how it will respond still isn’t clear. Across the US, when presented with new gaming compacts following the demise of PASPA in 2018, […]
Casino
June 11, 2021
Florida’s City of Doral Passes Measure To Ensure Donald Trump’s Resort Can’t Have a Casino
If Donald Trump wants to add a casino to the Trump National Doral Resort in Doral, FL, he’s now going to have to convince a lot of people. The city’s councilmembers met this week and approved a measure that explicitly prohibits gambling and casinos within city limits unless approved by local residents. The move is […]