\nWe would get misunderstood,”<\/strong> said David Cordish, chairman of The Cordish Companies. “It’s a small social [environment]. It would be a mistake for us to go out in the face of these massive petition drives that are going on that we have nothing to do with.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nCordish requested that the board place its poker question on the November ballot without obtaining the 25,000 signatures that are typically required. However, the board didn’t go for it, voting unanimously 5-0 against the Cordish appeal.<\/p>\n
Project Future<\/b><\/h2>\n With the Seminole County Board rejecting Cordish’s efforts to bypass the signature-gathering stipulation, company officials say it’s back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n
“It’s not possible to get 25,000 signatures in three months,” concluded Mark Jones, an attorney working on behalf of Cordish. Proposed ballot questions must be submitted with the necessary signatures by May 16.<\/p>\n
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Poker isn’t a big moneymaker for casinos, compared with house-banked games like blackjack, craps, and roulette. But the popular game lures in customers, patrons who would be expected to purchase food and beverage and perhaps shop at the nearby stores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Seminole County Commissioner Andria Herr said she hopes the project can move forward without poker. “I can’t get past that if the poker room doesn’t go through, we can’t go through with this project,” she stated after voting against the poker plea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baltimore-based gaming operator Cordish Companies shares a similar wish among the nation’s largest casino companies dreaming of entering Florida. While lawsuits and legislative efforts continue to play out regarding the Seminole Tribe’s monopoly on casino gambling, and potentially iGaming and sports betting, Cordish is seeking to build a $500 million mixed-use development near Orlando. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":201097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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