TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul says Seminole Indian gaming talks are at an impasse and he has asked a federal agency to intervene. ...more

October 21, 2009

A raid at Haines City tavern this week netted nine on gambling charges and eight illegal slot machines. ...more

July 31, 2009

Legislative negotiators have agreed on a plan to expand gambling at Seminole Indian casinos. ...more

May 6, 2009

House and Senate negotiators have agreed the state's share of expanded gambling at Seminole Indian casinos should go to education. ...more

May 5, 2009

A day after Gov. Charlie Crist urged state lawmakers to quickly approve a gaming compact he negotiated with the Seminole tribe, key lawmakers said they might not seal the deal before their 60-day session ends. ...more

March 5, 2009

Most of us remember, as a child, spending long hours playing cards or board games. (These were hours pre-dating television and game boy computers) Those games were shared by family and friends, adults and children alike, and were sometimes continued for days, until there was a winner. ...more

March 4, 2009

A growing number of people calling the state's gambling help line are asking for help with blackjack addiction. ...more

February 23, 2009

It's unfortunate Gov. Charlie Crist didn't possess the steely resolve of former governors Lawton Chiles and Jeb Bush when it came to combating efforts by the Seminole Tribe to turn Florida into a casino-gambling state. ...more

February 22, 2009

The state's gaming compact with the Seminole tribe could cost Florida billions of dollars in the long run, parimutuel owners argued on Thursday. ...more

February 13, 2009

Attacks against Seminole gaming came from all sides Thursday, starting with a call from the state attorney general for federal prosecution of the tribe for operating card games prohibited in Florida. ...more

December 19, 2008