Fifteen years ago, if you wanted to find a slot machine in Florida, you had to take a cruise to nowhere or sit inside some aluminum shack playing video versions of "pull-tab" machines run by the Seminole or Miccosukee tribes. Today, Florida is home to nearly a dozen live casinos — including the Hard Rock in Tampa, which is the sixth-largest … in the world. Put simply: Big-time gambling is already here. But we'll see even more for one simple reason: money.Get the Story:
Scott Maxwell: More casinos in Florida? Bet on it (The Orlando Sentinel 4/27)
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