Gambling Advances with Local Slots on the Table
February 17th, 2016 by Mike Vasilinda
The Seminole Tribe’s push to have lawmakers ratify a new gambling deal is one step closer to reality. The Senate Regulated Industries Committee today approved the compact and added provisions that could allow slots in the six counties that have approved the machines. Sen. Joe Negron orchestrated the amendment that expanded gaming to those counties that have already approved games.
“The State government should reflect and be okay with gaming that has been approved by voter referendum. I think the bill honors the choices that voters have made about how they want to spend their entertainment dollars while at the same time taking some steps to restrict the gaming footprint” says Negron.
Under Negron’s legislation, the state would get slightly less than the 3 billion over five years from the Seminole Tribe, but he expects to make up the difference from the taxes on new slot machines in Gretna, Washington County, Hamilton, Lee, and Palm Beach counties.
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