Florida News - Page 37

News brief: Attorney General Bill McCollum is asking federal authorities to go after the Seminole Tribe of Florida for continuing to operate table games.

News brief: The Escambia County Commissioners voted 3-2 to defeat a measure that would have allowed poker at the Pensacola Greyhound Track

News brief: City commissioners in Lake Worth, Fla. voted to terminate the city's contracts with a company who would rebuild a historic beachfront casino.

News brief: Terese Moore "felt lucky" and ended up winning $2.5 million on a slot machine at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

News brief: The sophomore point guard did not break NCAA rules after running up online poker debt.

The Silks Poker Room will host of all the action during Super Bowl week.

News brief: Revenues in the 30-table card room increased 63 percent 2007, netting the track a whopping $2.4 million dollars more in action than the previous year.

News Brief: Attorney General Bill McCollum has asked federal gaming officials to shut down the Seminole Tribe of Florida's expanded casino operations.

News Brief: Calder Race Course has asked the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering for permission to hold live racing four days a week, rather than five.

The 4th annual Florida Gaming Summit will welcome keynote speakers James F. Allen and Steven A. Geller when it convenes October 6-7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

News Brief: SeaEscape Entertainment, the only gaming vessel left at Port Everglades, on Monday informed Broward County its last sailings from Port Everglades will be Sunday.

News Brief: Gov. Charlie Crist is betting that bringing the Powerball multistate lottery game to Florida in January will be a big winner, generating lots more dollars for education.

The 4th annual Florida Gaming Summit will present the leading gaming, legal, financial and tribal experts to analyze the myriad issues concerning one of the country's most dynamic gaming markets.

News Brief: Gov. Charlie Crist's top advisers met with representatives of the Seminole Tribe to discuss what comes next after the Florida Supreme Court's decision that Crist had no authority to allow blackjack and table games at tribal casinos.

Officials of Churchill Downs Incorporated and representatives of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association have come to agreements on slots and purse contracts.

News Brief: Sumner County, Kansas, residents will get to express their feelings directly to the seven people who will actually choose where the county's casino will be located and who will manage it.

News Brief: The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Charlie Crist overstepped his authority when he unilaterally allowed the Seminole Tribe to exclusively offer baccarat and blackjack at their casinos.

News Brief: Las Vegas-style slots have arrived at the Seminole Immokalee Casino.

The Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau has come up with an advertising slogan that is drawing chuckles at Las Vegas’ expense.

Jon S. Cummings IV, President/CEO, Jon S. Cummings III, Chairman, and the Board of Directors of Omega Commercial Finance Corporation have executed a “Non Binding Plan of Merger Agreement” with the owner and operator of a regional casino cruise ship enterprise.