House Panel To Take Up Gambling Next Week
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TALLAHASSE (CBSMiami/NSF) -- A Florida House panel is set to take up some major issues in Florida's gambling industry next week.
The four-hour workshop will also cover the future of a deal with the Seminole Tribe.
The Regulatory Affairs Committee will hold the workshop Thursday.
House Majority Leader Dana Young, R-Tampa, early this month released a wide-ranging gambling proposal that included changes such as allowing two Las Vegas-style casinos in South Florida. But Young's proposal has not moved forward in the Legislature. Meanwhile, lawmakers are faced with the expiration in July of part of a lucrative gambling deal, known a compact, with the Seminole Tribe.
The deal, in part, allows the tribe to offer games such as blackjack at its casinos in return for payments to the state. But it remains unclear whether lawmakers and the tribe will reach agreement on renewing that portion of the compact.
(The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.)
