Month: April 2009

Poker

Floor votes on poker bills may come this week

Josh Hafenbrack of the <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-locgamble14041409apr14,0,4351848.story">South Florida Sun-Sentinel</a> says floor votes could come this week in the Florida House and Senate on competing bills that

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Florida Senate committee advances poker bill

<a href="http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=40442&amp;SessionIndex=-1&amp;SessionId=61&amp;BillText=cardroom&amp;BillNumber=&amp;BillSponsorIndex=0&amp;BillListIndex=0&amp;BillStatuteText=&amp;BillTypeIndex=0&amp;BillReferredIndex=0&amp;HouseChamber=S&amp;BillSearchIndex=0">SB 836</a> advanced out of the Florida Senate’s Ways &amp; Means Committee on Tuesday with an 11-8 vote, and may see its next action

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Florida House committee advances poker bill

By a vote of 16-4, the Florida House Select Committee on Seminole Indian Compact Review advanced <a href="http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=42069&amp;BillText=cardroom&amp;HouseChamber=H&amp;SessionId=61&amp;">HB 7145</a> on Monday. The bill: <ul> <li>Increases

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Florida House may vote on gambling bill today

Alex Leary of the St. Petersburg Times <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/997517.html">writes</a> that the Florida House is "poised to pass its gambling package" this afternoon, while the Senate’s

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