Florida House OKs $1,000 buy-in poker, 24 hours, 36 percent tax
Our Josh Hafenbrack blogs about the latest at the House, and it's good news for the parimutuels: The poker wage limit is increased tenfold, from $5 to $50 on 'limit' games and $100 to $1,000 maximum buy-in on no-limit games.
And our Michael Mayo weighs in with criticism of the House for, essentially, not taking the Seminoles into account more.
The Senate, which is more pro-gambling, still would have to approve the plan, and there's a lot of negotiating still to go. But still...
I'm a little buried on work today, so just click on his link for the details. I can't rip off Juice in a pathetic attempt to steal hits. Today.
But it can't stop me from asking... if this would go through, just this part (no compact) could you live with it? I need to hear from the poker folks, please.
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.
