Sands expanding into Florida

Apparently the Bill was voted out of the Rules Committee after being marked up to include such things as proliferation of Internet Cafes wherein even if its a free wifi area people pay to rent internet time and the cafe offers some sort of added promotional effort.

Slots and BJ may become legal at every horse track.

The major provision is still the Three major casinos and legalization of Craps and Roulette in Florida. Seminoles probably won't be thrilled about losing a monopoly but what they have now is so profitable that they may not even notice it.

Business Week:

Florida could get three new large casinos, as well as slot machines at every dog and horse track in the state, under a far-reaching gambling bill that passed its first hurdle Monday.

A state Senate panel voted 7-3 in favor of the hotly debated and heavily lobbied bill, but its future remains uncertain amid the avowedly staunch opposition to the expansion of gambling by top House Republicans.

So the bill approved on Monday now gives dog tracks and horse tracks located in the same counties with the large casinos, or destination resorts, a chance to offer the same games such as blackjack without having to make the same $2 billion investment. These tracks would also pay the same lower tax rate as the casinos

We went out to the Seminole Casino Immokolee while we were down
there over the X-mas break. I was underwhelmed by the paytables,
but in general the property itself had been upgraded some since I was
there 5 or 6 years ago.

I found a coupon in the paper for a $ 50 blackjack matchplay at my
father-in-law's house. Didn't win, but it was nice to tip the odds
in my favor, if for only one hand. Nope, didn't win it. The coupon
was only good for a $ 50 bet, you couldn't use it for less. Which
seems odd if you think about it, usually a coupon like that is only
good for a $ 5 or 10 match.

The coupon was for new sign-ups only. My wife used a free slot
play coupon, but I'm not sure it was good at any VP machines.

Quote: pacomartin

a Destination Resort featuring iconic skyscrapers sporting designs inspired by a coral reef and serving as the centerpiece of a new three-mile Baywalk that will activate the city’s waterfront.

Is it just me, or does this perspective on the building on the
left bring to mind something besides a coral reef ?

It took me a minute, but what has been seen cannot be unseen.

Quote: JohnnyQ

We went out to the Seminole Casino Immokolee while we were down
there over the X-mas break. I was underwhelmed by the paytables,
but in general the property itself had been upgraded some since I was
there 5 or 6 years ago.

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I was there in the fall. Did you take Corkscrew Road or Immokolee Road? Because at night, Corkscrew is a pretty frightening road to drive on. From Ft Myers/Naples, it's like 30 minutes of one lane road in complete darkness (no street lights). In the day, not so bad.

We followed GPS directions from Cape Coral. But yeah,
it was a 2 lane road for a lot of it, but seemed fine
at the time, driving at night.