• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
MENUMENU
MENUMENU
  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • FlaglerLive Board of Directors
    • Comment Policy
    • Mission Statement
    • Our Values
    • Privacy Policy
  • Live Calendar
  • Submit Obituary
  • Submit an Event
  • Support FlaglerLive
  • Advertise on FlaglerLive (386) 503-3808
  • Search Results

FlaglerLive

No Bull, no Fluff, No Smudges

MENUMENU
  • Flagler
    • Flagler County Commission
    • Beverly Beach
    • Economic Development Council
    • Flagler History
    • Mondex/Daytona North
    • The Hammock
    • Tourist Development Council
  • Palm Coast
    • Palm Coast City Council
    • Palm Coast Crime
  • Bunnell
    • Bunnell City Commission
    • Bunnell Crime
  • Flagler Beach
    • Flagler Beach City Commission
    • Flagler Beach Crime
  • Cops/Courts
    • Circuit & County Court
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • Federal Courts
    • Flagler 911
    • Fire House
    • Flagler County Sheriff
    • Flagler Jail Bookings
    • Traffic Accidents
  • Rights & Liberties
    • Fourth Amendment
    • First Amendment
    • Privacy
    • Second Amendment
    • Seventh Amendment
    • Sixth Amendment
    • Sunshine Law
    • Third Amendment
    • Religion & Beliefs
    • Human Rights
    • Immigration
    • Labor Rights
    • 14th Amendment
    • Civil Rights
  • Schools
    • Adult Education
    • Belle Terre Elementary
    • Buddy Taylor Middle
    • Bunnell Elementary
    • Charter Schools
    • Daytona State College
    • Flagler County School Board
    • Flagler Palm Coast High School
    • Higher Education
    • Imagine School
    • Indian Trails Middle
    • Matanzas High School
    • Old Kings Elementary
    • Rymfire Elementary
    • Stetson University
    • Wadsworth Elementary
    • University of Florida/Florida State
  • Economy
    • Jobs & Unemployment
    • Business & Economy
    • Development & Sprawl
    • Leisure & Tourism
    • Local Business
    • Local Media
    • Real Estate & Development
    • Taxes
  • Commentary
    • The Conversation
    • Pierre Tristam
    • Diane Roberts
    • Guest Columns
    • Byblos
    • Editor's Blog
  • Culture
    • African American Cultural Society
    • Arts in Palm Coast & Flagler
    • Books
    • City Repertory Theatre
    • Flagler Auditorium
    • Flagler Playhouse
    • Flagler Youth Orchestra
    • Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
    • Palm Coast Arts Foundation
    • Special Events
  • Elections 2024
    • Amendments and Referendums
    • Presidential Election
    • Campaign Finance
    • City Elections
    • Congressional
    • Constitutionals
    • Courts
    • Governor
    • Polls
    • Voting Rights
  • Florida
    • Federal Politics
    • Florida History
    • Florida Legislature
    • Florida Legislature
    • Ron DeSantis
  • Health & Society
    • Flagler County Health Department
    • Ask the Doctor Column
    • Health Care
    • Health Care Business
    • Covid-19
    • Children and Families
    • Medicaid and Medicare
    • Mental Health
    • Poverty
    • Violence
  • All Else
    • Daily Briefing
    • Americana
    • Obituaries
    • News Briefs
    • Weather and Climate
    • Wildlife

gambling

Seminoles Quietly Kick Off Sports Betting in Florida

November 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Sports for betting's sake. (Tim Hart on Unsplash)

The Seminole Tribe on Monday quietly launched online sports betting in Florida, amid continuing legal challenges to a gambling deal approved by state lawmakers in May. The tribe’s highly anticipated rollout of sports betting in the state came with no fanfare.

Online Betting Is Out as Special Session Redefines $2.5 Billion Gambling Deal With Seminole Tribe

May 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

guitar hotel seminole

To ensure swift passage of the new compact, legislative leaders on Monday announced that DeSantis and the tribe had agreed to remove the provision requiring the state to negotiate with the tribe about online gambling.

Seminole Tribe Gets Control Over Sports Gambling Statewide in Exchange for $2.5 Billion Over 5 Years

April 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

seminole tribes betting

Under the proposed compact, the Seminoles would serve as the state’s hub for online sports betting, with pari-mutuel operators contracting with the tribe. The deal would allow pari-mutuels that contract with the Seminoles to keep 60 percent of sports-betting revenue, with 40 percent going to the tribe.

Citing Impact on Education Funding, DeSantis Kills ‘Addiction’ Warning on Lottery Tickets

June 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

For what it's worth. (Rimse Nefert)

Noting potential impacts to money for education, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a controversial bill that sought to require warnings about addiction and caution to play responsibly on the front of all lottery tickets.

Amendment 3: Not As Clear-Cut As ‘Voter Control of Gambling in Florida’

October 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Amendment 3, placed on the ballot by a political committee largely backed by Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, would give voters the “exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling” in the state.

Dog Racing Ban, On November Ballot, Gets a Boost From Doris Day

July 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

doris day

The Doris Day Animal League made a $1.5 million contribution to the Committee to Protect Dogs, backing Amendment 13, which appears on Florida ballots this fall.

Betting On That Super Bowl: States Moving To Legalize Sports Gambling Ahead of Court

February 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

sports gambling states

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that may open the way for states to authorize sports betting. Bills have been filed in 20 states in anticipation of the ruling.

Ballot Measure Would Give Voters, Not Legislature, Final Say On Gambling’s Legality

January 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

gambling constitutional amendment florida

The proposed constitutional amendment pits the state’s gambling industry against anti-gambling advocates in what is expected to be a high-dollar campaign before the fall election.

Game Over: Lawmakers, Not Voters, Decide Whether To Allow Slot Machines, High Court Rules

May 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

slot machines florida

The Florida Supreme Court squashed a broad expansion of slot machines in at least eight counties, saying the decision to allow pari-mutuels to add the lucrative games rests with the Legislature, not voters.

Gambling or Charity? Conflict Over Shut-Down of Electronic Bingo, Which Had Sustained Flagler Cats

May 15, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The bingo parlor at the heart of the issue is located in the Atlantis center in Bunnell.

Shamrock Bingo in Bunnell operated for years until an inspection found its 40 electronic machines to be illegal. Lawyers for the business are disputing the finding. The city will seek a state Attorney General’s opinion.

Gambling Is For Losers: We Should Ban It in Florida

July 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

We need a state constitutional amendment to ban all wagering in Florida, argues Stephen Goldtsein. Oddly, raising taxes is considered a cardinal sin, but gambling is supposedly a blessing — especially since the state began pimping it through the Florida Lottery.

Florida Lottery Spikes to Record $5.3 Billion in Sales; Only $1.4 Billion to Education

July 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Florida Lottery’s increased revenues stems largely from continued growth in scratch-off ticket sales, which range in price from $1 to $25 and are now available at more than 13,000 locations throughout the state.

Internet Café Crackdown: Gambling Task Force Serves Search Warrants in 5 Counties as Businesses Skirt Ban

April 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Legislature essentially banned such businesses last year, but some continue to operate under different guises. At one point at least seven of the gambling parlors had been operating in Palm Coast, but none in Flagler Beach or the unincorporated part of Flagler County.

Florida Lawmakers’ Bugsy Fixation

December 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

We have become a nation of people who sue each other and serve each other hamburgers. Are we also to become a nation of croupiers and cocktail waitresses? Sadly, that seems to be the message our politicians are delivering as they bet more of Florida’s future on gambling.

Gambling’s Odds in Florida May Be Left To a Constitutional Amendment in 2014

December 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

House Speaker Will Weatherford’s new plan–to let voters decide if they should weigh in on future expansion of gambling–could provide cover for Republican House members reluctant to expand gambling as the Legislature takes up the thorny issue during the upcoming session.

State Rakes In Cash From Seminole Casinos and Rethinks Gambling Landscape

October 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Under the current deal with the Seminoles, which ends in 2015, the tribe makes the payments to the state in exchange for having the exclusive right to offer banked table games, such as blackjack, along with a monopoly on all slot locations outside of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The Seminoles agreed to pay a minimum of $150 million in each of the first two years, $233 million in the third and fourth years and $234 million in 2015.

Giant Gambling Wish List and Seminole Compact on Florida Lawmakers’ Table

September 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Slot machines, blackjack and roulette are back on the table as lawmakers prepare once again to tackle the high-stakes issue of gambling in a state that everyone agrees is already one of the industry’s biggest cash cows.

Florida Lottery Sets Record With $5 Billion In Sales as Gambling’s Attraction Grows

July 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A little more than 62 percent of the money is paid out to winners, while $1.41 billion will go to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, though that hasn’t kept local school boards’ budgets from being cut. The voter-approved Lottery grew from $1.8 billion in sales in 1989, its first full year.

As Florida Bans Internet Cafés, Palm Coast’s Lingering Joints Place Last Bets on Eulogies

April 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A FlaglerLive reporter, $50 in hand, made a tour of Palm Coast’s Internet cafes, only to find most of them closed already, and a mournful atmosphere at two that were open, not long before a bill banning the small gambling halls was sent to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday.

Les Jeux Sont Faits: Gov. Scott Will Sign Internet Cafe Ban

April 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott will sign legislation prohibiting the gaming at Internet cafés, his office said Thursday, following the Senate’s Senate’s 36-4 passage of a bill that flew through the Legislature spurred by an on-going racketeering investigation, and pushed by Sen. John Thrasher, who represents Flagler County.

House Votes 108-7 to Ban Internet Cafes; Impact in Palm Coast Will be Limited

March 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast at one point had nearly a dozen such businesses. Last week it had seven. This week, according to Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts, the number was down to three, as several of them closed pre-emptively.

Tightening Vise on Internet Cafes, Senate Panel Follows House to Ban Them in Florida

March 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The vote moves the Senate closer to outlawing the cafes and arcades, a proposal that was approved by the House last year but never reached the Senate floor. The proposal drew concerns about the potential impact on other amusement games used by charities and amusement arcades.

Week in Review: Busting Out from Carroll to Cafes

March 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Carroll’s political career appears all but finished. Making matters worse for the former Navy lieutenant commander, she will be remembered for her involvement with Allied Veterans of the World, a group that authorities say held itself out as a charity for veterans but actually was a gambling operation that enriched a handful of people.

Internet Cafe Ban Picks Up Steam as House Committee Closes In on “Skills” Loophole

March 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The new law would end a gray area in state statutes used by operators of Internet cafes that the games are contests of skill and that the contests are similar to regulated sweepstakes offerings by places like McDonalds, Coca Cola, Chucky Cheese and churches.

Sen. Thrasher Calls for Outright Shut-Down Of Internet Cafes in Wake of Scandal

March 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sen. John Thrasher, an influential senator who represents Flagler County, and who has sought to place a moratorium on new Internet cafes, said Wednesday that criminal allegations of racketeering and other wrongdoing in the industry should spur lawmakers to close the storefront businesses.

Lt. Gov. Carroll Resigns as Internet Cafe Scandal Sweeps Florida–and Palm Coast

March 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

As Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies were serving a search warrant on the Internet Cafe in the Home Depot shopping center, Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll was resigning in connection with the scandal, which has led to Allied officials’ arrests.

Answering Palm Coast, Thrasher Will Pitch Internet Cafe Bill, But Reach May Be Limited

February 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Palm Coast officials want state lawmakers to either ban or more strictly regulate and possibly tax gambling parlor-like internet cafes. Sen. John Thrasher is proposing a moratorium on the parlors, which may not match local demands, as a moratorium was already executed in Palm Coast.

“Non-Profit” Internet Cafe’s New Stand: Hands Off Our Financial Records

May 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Affiliates of the non-profit Allied Veterans of the World contend in a lawsuit they are not covered by state charity laws that would require them to register with the department and provide financial information.

Florida’s Casino Bill “Dead for This Year”

February 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A controversial bill to allow mega-resort casinos in Florida appears dead this year, after the House sponsor scrapped a vote Friday by a subcommittee that likely would have rejected the idea.

Don’t Ban Internet Cafés. Regulate Them.

January 23, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

Internet cafés may be a pest, and their proponents make laughable arguments when they claim they’re not about gambling. But it’s not government’s business to ban them while swinging from the lottery’s levers. Regulation is the key.

Bill To Ban Internet Cafes Advances in Florida Legislature as Opponents Call It a Job Killer

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A House panel Today approved a proposal to shutter the 1,000-some Internet cafés that have opened in shopping centers across the state in recent years, including nearly a dozen in Palm Coast.

Senate Sweep: More Slots, Lower Gambling Taxes, Only Minor Internet Cafe Regulations

January 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A Senate committee Monday considers a sweeping proposal that would allow three mega-casinos in Florida, offer more slots at pari-mutuel facilities and rein in Internet cafes a little.

As Florida Eyes Resort Casinos As Cash Cows, Economists Warn Against Too High a Bet

December 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Faced with a series of unanswered questions, economists say they cannot not pinpoint how much money the state would rake in if Florida lawmakers approve a plan for three resort casinos.

Court Hearing Arguments in a Case That May Determine Legality of Sweepstakes Gambling

November 15, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Allied Veterans is asking the 1st District Court of Appeal to let the lawsuit move forward, as the non-profit organization seeks a declaration that it offers legal sweepstakes games at the cafes — and not illegal gambling, as critics allege.

Gambling Florida: Court Says Legislature May Expand Slot Machines Around the State

October 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In a ruling that may open the way for gambling in Florida resorts, the first District Court of Appeal said it’s up to lawmakers to decide where they allow casinos. Companies are pushing hard for the expansion of slot-machine resorts.

With Pill Mills and “Internet Cafes” in Sight, Palm Coast Prepares Stricter Regulations

August 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council holds little hope for state law to crack down on gambling posing as Internet cafes, which are proliferating in the city, so it’ll regulate them through zoning laws. It’s doing the same for pain clinics, once moratoriums on both types of businesses expire.

Sheriff Fleming on Palm Coast and Bunnell Gambling Halls: “I Have Bigger Fish To Fry”

August 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Sheriff Don Fleming’s stance on internet cafes and other such gambling halls has wide implications for Palm Coast and Bunnell, both of which are wrestling with ordinances that would regulate the establishments.

In a Case With Implications for Palm Coast and Bunnell, Polk Sheriff Shuts Down Internet Cafe

August 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Ryan Ault , arrested after a raid of 'The Horseshow' by the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Davenport on Aug. 15. (© Ernst Peters / The Ledger)

The Internet cafe–or gambling parlor–shut down in Davenport Monday is similar to those in Palm Coast and Bunnell, where local officials and residents are debating whether and how to regulate (or ban) the businesses.

Like Palm Coast, Bunnell Wrestles With Gambling Posing as Games–and Punts

August 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Some define internet cafes as gambling. Some define it as business. Some define it as nobody’s business but their own. A 3-2 vote of the Bunnell City Commission sent the matter to the sheriff with a question: if it’s gambling, would he arrest its practitioners?

Why Flagler Beach Blocked Disabled Veterans’ Request For a Penny-Ante Gambling Hall

November 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Unless they were willing to risk changing the character of the town, city commissioners had little choice but to block an attempt to open what would have been a penny-ante gambling hall at the DAV property.

Primary Sidebar

  • grand living realty
  • politis matovina attorneys for justice personal injury law auto truck accidents

Recent Comments

  • Steve on America(n) Unbecoming
  • JimboXYZ on What You Can Do To Keep Your Data Privacy from Slipping Away
  • Laurel on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 18, 2025
  • Ray W, on America(n) Unbecoming
  • Laurel on Federal Funding for PBS and NPR Nears Fadeout
  • Jake from state farm on Florida Fronts $450 Million for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Amid Scarce Information on Prisoners
  • FlaPharmTech on America(n) Unbecoming
  • Laurel on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, July 19, 2025
  • Sherry on America(n) Unbecoming
  • Deborah Coffey on Florida Fronts $450 Million for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Amid Scarce Information on Prisoners
  • Jonathan on Bull Creek Fish Camp Rising Again 2 Years After Demolition as County Secures Leaseholder for New Restaurant
  • Pogo on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 18, 2025
  • Pierre Tristam on Florida Fronts $450 Million for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Amid Scarce Information on Prisoners
  • Sherry on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 18, 2025
  • Jim on America(n) Unbecoming
  • Pierre Tristam on America(n) Unbecoming

Log in