Tag: Seminole Tribe

Aruze Gaming has teamed up with Seminole Tribe of Florida to launch North America’s first installations of Lucky Roulette.

Barring the most extraordinary of circumstances the state of Florida will be heading into the 2019 fiscal year without an agreed compact with the Seminole Tribe.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has opened a lawsuit against Jacksonville gaming parlours that are claimed to be in breach of the tribe’s exclusive right to offer casino-style gaming in state.   Records have revealed the filing of an antitrust lawsuit in Duval County’s fourth judicial court alleging that the Florida state gaming compact was being violated by a spate of...

Owners and operators of seven out of eight tribal casinos in the Florida, the Seminole Tribe is putting its considerable weight behind an effort to stop politicians having the ability to authorise gambling laws without voter consent.   Recently released campaign finance data from the Florida Division of Elections revealed that the tribe has made a $1m donation to Voters in...

A bill designed to solve Florida’s gambling compact with the Seminole tribe, and in turn lock Florida’s gambling in place for 20 years, has passed a key House committee stage although doubts remain remain as to whether the bill will pass before the end of the legislative session.   Legislation proposed last month in the Florida House of Representatives which would...

Debate on whether slot machines should be legal in Florida counties still raging in state’s House and Senate chambers.   The House and Senate chambers in Florida remain in disagreement on whether or not slot machines should be allowed in eight of the state’s counties, despite voters in those counties having approved the motion. The two chambers, however, agreed that they are...

Following a year-long court battle, a federal judge has ruled that the Seminoles can offer blackjack and other banked card games exclusively until 2030.   A federal judge has ruled in favour of the Seminole Tribe in its legal struggle with the state of Florida, allowing the tribe to continue to offer blackjack and other banked card games for the next...

Hard Rock International has completed the acquisition of casino and hotel-casino rights in the western US, as well as in several key international markets, from affiliates of BREF HR, which own the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.   Originally separated from the Hard Rock International’s portfolio more than three decades ago, the rights acquired in the deal reunite...