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Senate Bill 8 was the upper chamber’s gaming expansion measure. It motioned to allow\u00a0slots at dog and horse racetracks across the state, as well as in the counties of Miami-Dade and Broward. It would have also potentially authorized two Las Vegas-style casinos to be built in South Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
On the contrary, House Bill 7037 sought to\u00a0essentially keep gaming in its current form, and grant\u00a0the Seminoles the right to\u00a0retain their monopoly on blackjack. In exchange, the tribe needed to guarantee $3 billion in payments to the state over the next seven years. No new slots or casino expansion would have been permitted under the legislation.<\/p>\n
Voters in Charge and No Casinos in Florida prefer that Sunshine State residents dictate\u00a0gaming changes, but if politicians have the final say, they back the gaming bill in the House.<\/p>\n
A recent poll found that just eight percent of likely voters in Florida support gambling expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Walt Disney Company has donated $250,000 to lobbying efforts that are working to stop the potential spread of casinos in\u00a0Florida. Voters in Charge is the beneficiary of the donation, which officially came from Disney Worldwide Services, a subsidiary of the mass media and entertainment conglomerate. The Tallahassee-based lobbying firm is working to make sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Walt Disney Company Lobbying Against Gaming Expansion in Florida<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n