The upcoming few months are critical to gaming in Florida. There has been a lot of news in Florida in the last few weeks. This past week the Florida Senate put up a website asking for feedback from the public and in the next few months the senate will be holding several "town hall" style meetings.
The Florida legislature paid Spectrum Gaming to complete a report on the impact gaming has on Florida and what increased gaming, particularly large destination resort casinos, would have on Florida. The report consists of three parts. The first part is already released, you can find it on here:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/GamingStu...udy_Part1A.pdf (warning its long). The second part was due October 1 but was delayed. Spectrum was in front of the Senate earlier this week to present their findings.
Overall they found that there will be a minimal but positive impact on Florida and pointed out some of the issues Florida should address. It was clear the legislature had no clue what is going on in any area of gaming. There was a general lack of discussion about online poker and I think the public needs to do more to get it into the legislature's heads. The legislature is much more focused on reshaping the current bureaucracy and focusing on expanding gaming but has not discussed online gaming or online poker to a great extent at all.
The senate website offers us a way to get online gaming and online poker in their heads. You can find the form here:
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/fee...dians-gambling
Be positive and professional. Talk about how online poker is expanding in other states and based on the success of B&M rooms in Florida online poker would also likely be a good thing or something to this effect. I would write up a default post for copy/pasting but I think they get ignored as spam and aren't as effective (I also want to go have a few beers).
There are also going to be several town hall meetings in the next few months throughout Florida. It would be great if some of you could attend and ask questions at these meetings. The upcoming legislative session is likely going to change gaming in Florida dramatically, right now is a key time to get our voices out there. You can find info about these meetings here:
http://www.flsenate.gov/topics/gaming
If you have any questions or anything, pm me or leave it in this thread.
Last edited by PokerXanadu; 06-25-2015 at 07:22 AM.
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