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Florida Senate Committee Tackles Two Poker Bills
The Florida Senate Regulated Industries Committee, composed of seven Republicans and five Democrats, met yesterday to debate two issues with intrinsic ties to poker, both live and online. According to an article in the St. Augustine Record, the two issues could ignite debate about the role of gaming inside Florida’s borders.
The first subject raised was the role of Florida’s dog track industry and the existence of poker rooms inside such establishments. Under current Florida law, a card room can only be established in a dog racing facility that has an active live schedule. The proposed bill, SB 1594, would remove the requirement of live racing from the state’s gaming statute. The article stated that this was the most hotly contested issue on the Senate committee’s agenda for the day. The sponsor of the bill, Senate Regulated Industries Committee Vice Chairman Maria Sachs (D-Delray Beach), stated to the Record that the greyhounds “are running all the time in order for the track to maintain a profitable card room†and, as such, the animals are suffering. By being able to offer the poker rooms with a reduced or nonexistent schedule, the greyhounds would have better living conditions and the owners and operators of Florida’s greyhound tracks would have a better chance of staying in business. There were several segments of the Florida community aligned against the proposed bill. Dog breeders and trainers joined anti-gaming advocates in opposing the bill on several fronts, including the effect that reduced or eliminated racing would have on several fringe industries. In the end, the committee voted 7-5 to pass the proposed legislation on to the full Senate for consideration. Another issue debated in front of the Senate Regulated Industries Committee could have more of an impact on Florida’s online poker players. SB 812 is a proposal that would open up Florida for an intrastate internet gambling network. The bill would include online poker. The Record notes that Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R-Miami) was pushing for the legislation. The Senator, according to the Record’s report, stated that many Floridians were already taking part in online gaming and poker. By setting up an intrastate operation, the state would be able to regulate online gaming, make the games safer for residents, and allow the state to tax the industry. The measure passed through the Senate Regulated Industries Committee by a 10-2 vote. Although the two measures passed through the appropriate Senate committee, the future of the proposals is unknown at best. The Record points out that there are no companion bills on the House side of the legislature, something that is necessary for a bill to advance. In addition to the lack of companion legislation, the head of the Florida Senate, Mike Haridopolos (R-Merritt Island), has been noncommittal on the two proposals. Over the past two years, Florida’s gaming laws have been greatly altered, allowing the state to enjoy increased revenues from poker. After removing limits on tournaments and cash games, several top Florida casino outlets have experienced an explosion of players in their card rooms. The World Series of Poker Circuit completed a stop earlier this month at the Palm Beach Kennel Club and the World Poker Tour will head to Hollywood, Florida’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in late April. In January, Florida Senator Dennis Jones introduced legislation to establish five “destination†casinos in the state, a proposal that is still under scrutiny from the Florida state legislature. More... |
The Fight: John Campbell Introduces Online Gambling Bill, Florida Intrastate Poker?,
This week on The Fight, a bill with sponsorship on both sides of the aisle that would regulate online gambling, and replace the UIGEA was formally introduced in Congress. In state legislation news, another state considered intrastate poker while the Poker Players Alliance went to the one state that considers playing online poker a [...]
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Rajkumar, Matusow, Sexton Make WPT Bay 101 Final Table
http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...ike-sexton.jpg For the first time in nine seasons, Vince Van Patten won't have Mike Sexton with him in the broadcast booth.
Pretty interesting final table shaping up at the 2011 WPT Bay 101 with a few good storylines. Let’s start with World Poker Tour commentator and poker HOF’er Mike Sexton going from the broadcast booth to trying to become a WPT millionaire. Sexton grinded out his short-stack to the final table, entering play sixth overall with 363,000. Next up, Mike Matusow is going for his first ever WPT title, entering the final table stacked third overall with 2,173,000. And making back-to-back WPT final tables is Vivek Rajkumar, who is fourth overall with 1,616,000. Vivek has one WPT title to his credit already. The big stack is WSOP bracelet winner Steven Kelly with 4,169,000. Follow the final table starting 4pm on Friday and get full recap and chip counts here. Related Posts
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Card Player's Weekly News in Training
This week at CardPlayer.com we bring your awareness to some of the brand new tools, lessons, articles, and more, available at the leading online training sites. Check out this week’s …
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The Nightly Turbo: Bipartisan Online Gambling Bill Introduced, Daniel Negreanu Discus
Another bill has been introduced at the federal level, that aims to legalize online poker. We'll tell you all about that, what Daniel Negreanu thinks about Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, and more.
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