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Challenge to Florida Seminole Gaming Compact

The ink isn’t even wet of the Seminole Gaming Compact with the state of Florida, but already there are political challenges being raised. The mayor of Miami Beach has voiced his concerns that the agreement is corrupted, and he wants the Federal Government to kill the deal. The U.S. Department of the Interior must approve the agreement since it involves a Native American tribe. And the Miami Beach mayor believes that the new compact between the Seminoles and the state has been corrupted and hijacked by “non-tribal casino interests”. The Governor of Florida responded to the mayor’s statements, calling them…

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