What to Do with Internet Cafes?
February 3rd, 2012 by flanewsThe casino bill is dead, but the question about what to do about internet cafes remains.
The casino bill would have regulated them, but Representative Scott Plakon says that’s a mistake. Plakon has a letter from the attorney of the Seminole Tribe that says if the state accepts internet cafés the tribe will stop paying for exclusive rights to slots.
“Now we have the tribe itself saying if you pass a regulation bill on store front casinos they don’t have to pay us and that 233 million dollars is being used for education and many other purposes,” said Plakon.
The tribe entered into a compact with the state in 2010 for exclusive rights to slot machines and other Vegas-Style Games. In exchange the state is receiving 230 million dollars a year. Plakon says to keep the compact in tact, lawmakers to support his bill to outlaw internet casinos.
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