Tag Archive: department of business and professional regulation

Jan
28

Barrel-Size Loopholes Fill Florida Gambling Law, Mike Vasquez and Mary Ellen Klas of The Miami Herald report

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 Angela Harrison helps her horse “Colors Runaway King” to hit the brakes as they near a barrel on Thursday. Barrel racers took to the racing arenas at the Gretna racing venue on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Visitors got to bet on the results for the first time. As Florida considers ushering in a new era of casino …

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Jan
28

State of Florida using taxpayer dollars to defend Gretna pari-mutuel barrel racing unwanted expansion of gambling

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While the State of Florida grapples with a $2 billion budget deficit, one of its top regulatory agencies is simultaneously expending untold taxpayer funds to escalate and exacerbate a costly legal battle to defend the expansion of gambling, to which Florida’s top-ranking state legislators have repeatedly voiced their increasing opposition during the past several weeks. …

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