The Seminole Tribe has exaggerated the economic benefits of a planned $3 billion expansion of its casino and convention sites, which will take workers and business away from existing Florida companies, a top state economist said Friday. ...more

March 21, 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

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

The Seminole tribe is offering an instant $288 million and the promise of thousands of new jobs to state lawmakers reviewing the tribe's gambling compact. ...more

February 3, 2009

The Seminole tribe is dangling the promise of 45,000 jobs and the instant access to $288 million in front of lawmakers studying the gambling agreement Gov. Charlie Crist signed with the tribe. ...more

February 2, 2009

Last year, Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on a gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe. Now Florida's Supreme Court has ruled that Crist lacked authority to do that. ...more

October 5, 2008

Attorney General Bill McCollum is urging federal authorities to stop the Seminole Tribe from offering gaming at their casinos that is illegal elsewhere in Florida. ...more

September 20, 2008

Attorney General Bill McCollum has written to federal authorities asking them to force the Seminoles to stop offering gaming at their casinos that is illegal elsewhere in Florida. ...more

September 19, 2008

Las Vegas-style slot machines are still beeping and blinking at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino off Interstate 4 in Tampa, but a state Supreme Court ruling on Thursday left lawyers, lawmakers and Seminole officials scrambling to determine the future of tribal gaming in Florida. ...more

July 4, 2008

The state Supreme Court has scrapped the agreement that allowed the Seminole Tribe to offer Las Vegas-style slot machines and blackjack card games at its casinos. ...more

July 3, 2008