from yesterday's Tampa Bay Online (10/6):
Decision Complicates Seminole Gaming Pact
By CATHERINE DOLINSKI
Published: October 5, 2008
"TALLAHASSEE - Last year, Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on a gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe. Now Florida's Supreme Court has ruled that Crist lacked authority to do that.
So ... now what? Now the issue of tribal gaming gets really complicated.
Seminole casinos are still offering games approved in the compact that are otherwise illegal in Florida. Legally, the state can't stop them. Both the state and tribe could gain from negotiating a new compact - but state leaders are divided on whether to start those talks, so long as the tribe continues to offer the games. Only federal authorities can compel the tribe to stop.
But they haven't, so the games play on. Here's a breakdown of this jurisdictional round robin, and where it might lead" ...
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