Florida News - Page 46

News Brief: Florida officials are proposing a new SunPass-only interchange to capitalize on the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Resort’s location and provide an alternative to getting on and off the turnpike in the Hollywood area.

asino Data Imaging reports that Gulfstream Park and Island View Casino have licensed CDI's CasinoCAD v4 business intelligence program.

News Brief: Operators postponed plans to launch a casino ship off Pinellas County and put most of its 225 employees on unpaid leave Monday after a paperwork glitch held up its certification to carry passengers.

News Brief: The video games at the Tropicana Rec Room in Pompano Beach are not slot machines, according to a Broward jury verdict Monday.

PokerTek announced a second quarter loss of over $2 million, but the company, which offers computerized poker tables to casinos for live game play, is still gaining momentum.

News Brief: A Florida appeals court has order a trial over accusations that pro-gambling petitioners forged signatures to get the slot issue on the statewide ballot in November 2004.

Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Gulfstream Park, has reached a definitive agreement with the Florida Horsemen Benevolent and Protective Association on the purse contributions from slot machine revenues at Gulfstream Park.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. is proceeding with the development of its slot machine facility at Pompano Park and currently anticipates that a court decision rendered today will not impact the opening of its facility now scheduled for early 2007.

Experts from the gaming industry, Indian country, state politics, tourism and law will converge Oct. 16-17 for the 2nd annual Florida Gaming Summit at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino here.

News Brief: A beauty store and a restaurant at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino complex are battling ugly mold problems.

Discovery Cruise Line launches a new cruise package that includes a stay at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Magna Entertainment Corp. reports and Chief Operating Officer of Magna Entertainment Corp. is pleased to announce that Bill Murphy has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of Racing Operations at Gulfstream Park.

News Brief: The company that built two Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino complexes filed a blistering motion, accusing the tribe of extraordinary greed and saying it resorted to lying to avoid paying more than $2 billion it owes the developer.

News Brief: On Internet gambling sites, thousands nationwide now are betting on hurricanes.

Cala Corporation has completed its plans to build a $400 million destination casino three miles off the Miami coast.

Spectre Gaming and the Florida Department of The Disabled American Veterans have signed an agreement providing for the installation and operation of Spectre Gaming's systems to be placed in DAV facilities located within the State of Florida.

sle of Capri Casinos, Inc. reports the appointment of Douglas Shipley as corporate vice president of racino operations based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

ews Brief: Suburban Pompano Beach is getting a "racino" as its harness race track slowly morphs into a combination racetrack and casino.

News Brief: Florida business owners believe their gaming machines fall within an exception to the gambling laws, according to an attorney in Sarasota.

Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp. jumped into the middle of the Florida gambling debate, agreeing Wednesday to buy a privately owned Fort Lauderdale jai alai fronton and its adjacent 50 acres for $152.5 million.