Florida

The Florida gambling industry is reeling after courts sided with Gretna Racing in its appeal to operate slot machines at its pari-mutuel facility. The North Florida racetrack was previously denied a license to operate slots, after the public voted heavily in favor of slots in a county-wide referendum in 2012. The 1st District Court of … [Read more…]

In 2009, Florida passed a slot machines law that gave pari-mutuel facilities in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties permission to install slots. That law had a clause in it that North Florida’s Creek Entertainment Gretna, located in Gadsden County and owned by Gretna Racing, attempted to exploit by applying for a slot machines license in 2013. … [Read more…]