Miami Beach will probably make it extremely hard for a casino to have a foothold in the seaside island city. Late week that is last a special conference, the town commission voted unanimously in support of two ordinances that would ban all future efforts to get gambling into Miami Beach.

The state senate’s consideration of expanding gambling and authorizing commercial casinos in South Florida has spurred local governments towards taking their own proactive measures though politicians in Tallahassee failed to reach a new gaming compact with the powerful Seminole Tribe during the 2017 legislative calendar.

Miami Beach first voted in early May to discuss adopting new land-use regulations that bar gambling venues within town limitations. On May 13, the payment ratified two ‘future land use element’ chapters that mandate that ‘All casino and gambling operations … are hereby prohibited in almost any land usage category inside the populous City of Miami Beach.’

No Miami (Beach) Vice

Miami Beach is famed because of its Art Deco streets, scantily-attired sunbathers, and flashy nightlife. However when it concerns gambling, it’s no dice for South Beach residents and site visitors.

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Pennsylvania gambling expansion has become a focal point in Harrisburg for more than a year, but late Wednesday night, the state’s House of Representatives finally took action on the matter. The manner in which they did so, nonetheless, is being criticized by some lawmakers.

Morning, House Bill 271 was introduced by State Rep. Jason Ortitay (Allegheny County) and co-sponsored by six other Republicans and one Democrat yesterday.

The measure seeks to greatly expand gambling in the Keystone State. HB 271 would place slot machines in airports and bars, authorize online casinos and day-to-day fantasy sports (DFS), allow the lottery to offer internet instant tickets, and create sports gambling laws in anticipation of any change to the existing federal ban.

At almost 700 pages, the all-encompassing piece of legislation would keep no already legal gambling option unaddressed, as far as where it can happen. It’s no read that is easy but simply hours after its introduction, Republican House majority leaders ushered it in for a vote.

In the final end, it passed narrowly, by a count of 102-89, with support blended across party lines.

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An aggressive $1 million marketing campaign backed by Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands, is wanting to block legislation in Pennsylvania that would allow gaming that is video (VGTs) in truck stops, restaurants, pubs, and off-track betting facilities.

Adelson’s Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is leading the battle against House Bill 1010, which will permit certain establishments to install VGTs offering real-money blackjack, poker, along with other casino games.

You will find presently nearly 27,000 VGTs in Pennsylvania, every one of them in the state’s 12 casinos. The number could more than double if HB 1010 passes.

John Cunnane, a Wall Street video gaming and leisure analyst for Stifel Investment Services, told the Allentown Morning Call that such an expansion of VGTs and authorized locations that are VGT could harm established gaming facilities.

‘That’s an insane amount of vgts, and we’ve seen the impact that’s had on casinos in places like Iowa and Illinois,’ Cunnane said. ‘It won’t cause a mass exodus from casinos, but they will feel the pain, no doubt.’

Media Wars

Through Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Adeslon offered $1 million to Pennsylvanians For Responsible Government (PRG), a newly created lobbying company creating th Continue reading →

The Football Association, English Soccer’s governing human body, has severed its four-year sponsorship deal with Ladbrokes after just one season.

The FA announced on Thursday that it would be not just cutting short Ladbrokes, worth to its deal some £4 million ($5 million) each year, but additionally are banning all commercial sponsorship deals between betting companies and the FA now and in the near future.

The relationship between the FA and gambling has come under increased scrutiny, due to a few player that is high-profile scandals. The attention comes at a right time when English soccer is getting more included with betting businesses. (Currently 50 per cent of Premier League teams have bookmaker or other gambling operations as their uniform sponsor.)

Of late, Burnley player Joey Barton was handed a suspension that is 18-month he admitted to placing 1,260 bets on soccer matches since 2004. At 34-years-old, the midfielder says the ban on all activities related to soccer will end his career effectively.

Barton publicly criticized the FA on social media for failing to acknowledge its conflict that is clear of with regards to gambling.

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