Judge Pushes Back Seminoles' Blackjack Trial
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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — A trial determine the fate of blackjack tables in the Seminole Tribe of Florida's casinos has been pushed back.
It was supposed to take place this summer, but on Monday U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle agreed to delay it until October. Both attorneys for the state and the tribe asked for the delay.
The tribe filed the lawsuit last year after key portions of a 5-year gambling deal with the state expired.
Gov. Rick Scott in December reached a new $3 billion deal with the tribe that would let them keep blackjack and add table games, such as craps and roulette. But the deal was rejected by the Florida Legislature during this year's session.
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