Blackjack to South Florida racinos, Senate suggests
Eager to raise money to balance the state budget, the Senate has a plan. Give the Seminoles craps and roulette. Give South Florida parimutuels blackjack. Give the other parimutuels video-lottery terminals.
Their suggestion is as far to one side as the House's proposal is to the other. (No blackjack, even for Seminoles.)
So, here's the question of the day: If your local pari got blackjack, would you hit that spot more?
What if there were a $10-a-hand-limit?
And if you're pro-pari right now, would you have a problem with the Seminoles' addition of craps and roulette?
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
