Location: Florida

12/26/22 6:57 PM

Embezzled by casino employees, laundered by spouses: Florida tribe sues to recover stolen $5.3 million

  • Ron Hurtibise, South Florida Sun Sentinel
The true-crime saga began, according to a newly filed federal lawsuit, in May 2015 with an anonymous tip to the Miccosukee Tribe. Following... more
12/16/22 6:43 AM

Florida’s first Aristocrat Gaming Lightning Link Lounge opens at Seminole Immokalee

  • CDC Gaming
Florida’s first Lightning Link Lounge debuted Thursday at Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee. The new Lightning Link Lounge is dedicated... more
12/14/22 3:03 PM

Florida: Judges seem split on sports wagering after oral arguments

  • Jill R. Dorson, SportsHandle
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act is generally interpreted as governing gaming on tribal lands and gives tribes across the U.S. the right to... more
12/12/22 7:52 PM

Spirit Airlines resumes flights from Palm Beach to Atlantic City

  • David Lyons, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Discount carrier Spirit Airlines is renewing a wager that gamblers and other South Floridians will again fly to Atlantic City this winter... more
12/01/22 8:00 PM

Florida: Owner-operator of two Stark County skill games businesses sentenced to prison

  • Amy L. Knapp , The Independent
A Florida man has been ordered to spend three years in prison for hiding his ownership and more than $2 million in revenue from two... more
12/01/22 5:38 PM

Magic City Casino sale to Native American tribe on hold

  • Dara Kam, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Florida gambling regulators on Thursday refused to sign off on the sale of Magic City Casino, one of the state’s oldest pari-mutuels, to... more
12/01/22 2:37 PM

Florida: Poarch Creek Tribe to buy Miami’s Magic City Casino

  • Chava Gourarie, Commercial Observer
The longtime owners of Miami’s Magic City Casino plan to sell the property, and the license to operate it, to the Poarch Band Creek of... more
11/30/22 2:10 PM

Florida: Genting selling 15.5 acres of Miami waterfront once planned for a casino resort

  • Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald
Genting, the Malaysian casino company that once planned to turn the former Miami Herald property into a gambling resort in the heart of... more
11/16/22 6:18 PM

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa donates $750,000 to Tampa Bay charities

  • CDC Gaming
To help to celebrate National Philanthropy Day, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa donated a total of $750,000 to 75 Tampa Bay... more
11/14/22 6:12 PM

Seminole Tribe files federal court brief pushing to be heard in Florida sports betting case

  • Jill R. Dorson, Sports Handle
Florida’s Seminole Tribe on Monday filed an appellant brief seeking standing in a federal court case that could determine the future of... more