In what must have come as an unexpected and unpleasant surprise to certain legislators, a new report states that an expansion of gambling in Florida will undermine the state's longtime image as a vacation destination. The Legislature commissioned a comprehensive study of gambling ahead of plans to rewrite state gaming laws next year. A New Jersey-based gambling consultant company known as friendly to the casino industry wrote that "expanded gambling may fundamentally change the state of Florida as a place to live and visit." The pro-gambling forces in the Legislature must have been stunned that the Spectrum Gaming Group came to such a conclusion in the first part of its report.Get the Story:
Editorial: To Florida Legislature, be cautious on expanding gambling in family-friendly vacation state (The Bradenton Herald 7/7)
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