South Florida Gambling
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is holding invitation-only blackjack tournaments.
According to a release Tuesday, Mark M. of Fort Lauderdale won the weekend's tournament and $75,000.
It's the first news of such tournaments to be released, probably because the Seminoles didn't want to do anything to inflame the discussion about their gambling compact with the state.
Trying to get more info.... if anyone out there has some, help me out.
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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.
