When will poker limits increase? We're still waiting....
Usually new state regulations kick in on July 1. Too bad that didn't happen with no-limit poker, the 35 percent slot tax and other breaks coming to the state's casinos.
While the Seminole Tribe weighs the compact proposed by the state, the horse tracks, dog tracks and jai-alai frontons cool their heels.
You couldn't blame them if they stormed Talllahassee and shouted HURRY UP!
Our Josh Hafenbrack details how and why we're on hold -- and its impact on local gambling.
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.
