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Posted: 3:41 PM Feb 3, 2012
Closing Internet Cafes in FL Could Cost State Big Bucks
Seminole tribe says state could forfeit millions if upcoming legislation is passed.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida could
stop paying tens of millions to the state if legislators move ahead
with a bill to regulate sweepstakes operations known as Internet
cafes.
There are as many as 1,000 of the operations in Florida but
there have been questions about whether they are illegal under the
state's gambling laws. The Legislature is considering legislation
to either regulate Internet cafes or ban them altogether.
A new legal opinion provided to the Seminoles says any effort to
regulate the operations would violate a 2010 compact the tribe
signed with the state. The state granted the Seminoles exclusive
rights in exchanges for $1 billion over a five-year period.
Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, R-Miami, and sponsor of a bill
to regulate, disagrees with the opinion.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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