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News Brief: Florida's highest court questioned the validity of the high-stakes pact struck between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Voters in South Florida on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure to give three locations in the Miami-Dade County area a total of 6,000 Las Vegas-style slot machines.

Florida Gaming Corporation reports that Miami-Dade County voters approved the operation of up to 2000 Class III Las Vegas style slot machines at Miami Jai-Alai.

News Brief: Gov. Charlie Crist far exceeded his authority when he negotiated a gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, attorneys for the House of Representatives argued before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday morning.

Robert L. Evans, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Downs Incorporated has issued the a statement in reaction to results from yesterday’s elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

News Brief: The Seminole Tribe began operating upgraded Las Vegas-style slot machines Monday, even as Miami-Dade voters prepared to decide whether to create more competition for the tribe's enormous Hard Rock casino near Hollywood.

News Brief: The Seminole Tribe will begin running about 1,000 Las Vegas-style slot machines at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino near Hollywood on Monday.

News Brief: A new anti-gambling coalition has emerged, uniting groups as diverse as greyhound advocates, mothers against gambling and conservative Christians in a late-hour push to defeat the Miami-Dade County slot machine referendum.

News Brief: Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino opened its racing season Thursday with a big increase in betting on its races televised at other tracks, including Calder Race Course and Pompano Park, which did not televise Gulfstream last year.

News Brief: Attorneys for Gov. Charlie Crist told the state Supreme Court that the governor negotiated a casino gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe within his authority and it does not require legislative approval.

News Brief: Gulfstream Park has asked to join a landmark court case that may determine the limits of a governor's power and set the course for Florida's gambling industry.

News Brief: John J. James has been named Seminole Gaming's new COO.

News Brief: The Seminole Tribe of Florida has begun airing television spots in Orlando and around the state promoting the gambling deal it recently signed with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.

The Florida Policy Roundtable objects to the deal Governor Charlie Crist signed earlier this week with the Seminole Tribe.

News Brief: Analysts said that given the Seminoles' already solid financial base and the threat of federal government intervention, Florida didn't have much leverage to push for a better deal.

News Brief: As soon as Gov. Charlie Crist and Seminole tribal chief Mitchell Cypress triumphantly announced the deal, threats of lawsuits and predictions of doom flew.

News Brief: Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to announce a deal Wednesday with the Seminole Tribe of Florida allowing Las Vegas-style slot machines and card games at its Hard Rock casino in Hollywood and six other sites, in exchange for $100 million or more in annual cash.

Lower than expected business levels have prompted Calder Race Course to reduce its daily purse outlay by approximately $10,000 beginning with the races scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15.

News Brief: Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum threatens to sue the federal government if it gives the Seminole Tribe Vegas-style slot machines if Gov. Charlie Crist doesn't complete negotiations on a gambling agreement next week.

News Brief: Florida has nine days to complete a deal bringing blackjack and Las Vegas-style slot machines to Seminole Indian land or risk losing out on at least $100 million in annual payments from the tribe.