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Gambling, Seminoles and Tallahassee: Compact debate heats up
I. Nelson Rose, who has made our Gambling pages with advice on gambling and the law, now speaks up about the Seminole Casinos, according to a post by our Josh Hafenbrack.
He writes that Rose's 31-page opinion, dated March 9, has been distributed to members of a House select committee planning to release a rewrite of the compact -- minus blackjack and baccarat -- as early as next week.
While federal law prevents state authorities from going on tribal land to enforce anti-gambling laws, Nelson wrote, Florida has "lots of ways to deal with individuals who are involved with illegal gambling, even if the actual operation cannot be raided."
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, early training for his...
Comments
I wonder how much money the state had to waste to consult a lawyer from CA, that honestly sounds like he has no clue?
The Dept. of the interior approved and published the compact after the state(Crist) approved it. It's a done deal, the Seminoles know it, the feds know it and it'd be nice if our legislature figured it out already.
Take the $100 million the Seminoles are willing to give and say "thank you very much". If you want our poor pari-mutuals to be competitive then the greedy legislature can lower the taxes from 50% and let them run 24 hour. You idiots want your cake and to eat it too.
I wish these self righteous bible thumpers would go after church bingo with the same zeal.
Posted by: KCK | March 16, 2009 10:25 AM