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House Panel To Seek To Power Down Internet Cafés

The Florida legislature will take up a bill Friday that aims to knock Internet cafes offline.

CBS4–2013/03/15

Powerball

Powerball Excitement Grows, But Not For Gambling Addicts

Last-minute Powerball players flocked to local gas stations and convenience stores Wednesday night just before the 10 p.m. deadline to buy tickets for the record drawing.

2012/11/28

Jai Alai: the speediest sport ball in the world in Miami. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Florida Gaming Selling Struggling Miami Jai-Alai For $115M

A new casino sporting 1,000 slot machines apparently was not enough to keep Miami Jai-Alai from succumbing to its financial struggles.

CBS4–2012/11/28

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Last Coach In Youth Football Gambling Scheme In Court Wed.

The last of nine men arrested this week for operating a little league football gambling, game-fixing and drug ring appeared in bond court Wednesday morning.

CBS4–2012/10/31

37th Miccosukee Indian Arts Festival

IRS Amps Up Miccosukee Tribe Tax Probe

Bungled in an intense IRS investigation, the Miccosukee Indians’ luck is running out faster than that of its casinos’ gamblers.

CBS Miami–2012/08/01

Roulette tables may be coming to South Florida in casino-style resort hotels (Source: CBS4)

Las Vegas Casino Company Gambles On Sunrise Casino

It’s a new day for gambling enthusiasts living in Sunrise. A major Las Vegas casino company announced Tuesday that it will partner with the Florida Panthers’ parent company in an attempt to bring casino gambling to the city.

CBS Miami–2012/07/25

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson (Photo by Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Why Is China’s Largest Foreign Investor Spending So Much Money On Our Elections?

Sheldon Adelson, the largest foreign investor in China, has invested tens of millions of dollars in influencing the 2012 election and has vowed to spend $100 million to put his thumb on the scale for Mitt Romney in November.

2012/07/20

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Well-Funded Group Aims For Resort-Style Casinos In Florida

A new group with big-money funding is working to bring resort-style casinos to Florida’s poker players and slot slingers.

CBS Miami–2012/07/14

Miami Marlins Stadium 2/27/12

Magic City Casino Upset With Marlins Park

The construction of Marlins Park was filled with lawsuits, accusations of wrong-doing, withholding financial documents, and more. Now, even as the stadium is well into the first full season of baseball being played there, the stadium is still causing headaches for Miami-Dade County.

CBS Miami–2012/07/06

Powerball

4 Lucky Powerball Winners In Broward

Four Broward County Powerball players came extremely close to winning part of a $241 million jackpot. While they’re all still winners for picking five correct numbers, what’s really amazing is that all of the winning tickets were sold at Publix supermarkets in Broward County.

CBS4–2012/06/15

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