With the Seminole Tribe defending its gaming rights in the court system, a Florida newspaper chastises
lawmakers for failing to take action on a new Class III gaming compact:
Currently, the Seminole Tribe enjoys a monopoly on gaming outside South Florida under a 2010 compact, paying the state $250 million annually in revenue-sharing for that right. The tribe's federal court lawsuit contends the state violated the exclusivity clause by allowing player-banked card games at Miami-Dade and Broward slots casinos.
Should the tribe prevail in its federal lawsuit, those payments would cease while the Seminoles could continue current operations. And all the work toward a new 20-year agreement would be dead.
That new compact gave the tribe additional games, but the pari-mutuels fought for concessions. Lawmakers could not reach an agreement before the session ended.
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(The Bradenton Herald 3/24)
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