Controversy Heats Up Over Florida Internet Cafe Laws


Source: Controversy Heats Up Over Florida Internet Cafe Laws

Yep, the law IS too vague.

The fact that the powerful Indian casino lobby had a LOT to do with getting all the internet casinos shut down immediately instead of the two bad apples, speaks volumes about how corrupt the entire partnership of the indian casinos and government really are.

I personally know a lot of people who are now out of the only steady job they really had.

Lots of good people got killed in this sweeping legislative nightmare.

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Is it because the Indian casinos pay such a lot in State taxes that their influence over legislators is so successful?

Or are there some other reasons as well in the mix?  If yes, what are some?

The Indian nation casinos will do pretty much anything to keep gambling out of Florida.   Well, gambling that's NOT on their land.   This includes slot machines which pretty much every old lady in Florida throws money in every week.

There are literally hundreds of those small "internet cafe" type of casinos all over every metropolitan area.  They find a niche in a neighborhood and become reasonably solid citizens after a few weeks, assuming they don't go out of business in that time.  The ones that do stick around really do a good job of providing amusement and profit to a lot of people.

There was one of these types of "charity" bingo/casino places that evidently gave $3,000,000 to some veterans charity that they were working with but kept something like $300,000,000 for themselves.

Well, that didn't sit right with the law and  instead of shutting them down, they closed EVERY SINGLE slot casino place in the state!!!   I'm not talking 50 or 60 places, I'm talking about THOUSANDS of them, all of whom were hiring people, feeding people, entertaining people and giving to various charities.

It's all stopped for now.

Except the Indian casinos which just march right on with their state sponsored monopoly of gaming.

I've watched the Indian casinos whine and complain and gripe, until the right palms got greased and the state got their cut, and then they got a sweetheart deal/monopoly throughout the state.

Anytime ANY gambling legislation comes up, the Indian nation will always be the ones backing the side that says gambling hurts the economy, gambling is bad, gambling is not what your community needs.

Well, DUH, of course they say that.  If we had any real casinos, everybody would dump the Indian ones in a heartbeat!

Such is the world of money and politics I guess.  Way above my pay grade.

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A cautionary tale...

Being philosophical about it, one could argue that the Indians were so screwed and abused by early settlers and expansionist policies that in a sort of 'karmic return' the shoe is now on the other foot!

When I learn about not only beads and mirrors in return for land but also blankets deliberately infected with smallpox (outrageous...) then one can look on these "cafe laws" almost as a type of poetic justice...

Sadly, here in Australia the Aborigines were just as harshly treated by the 'thin noses from the northern hemisphere '.

Slowly legislation is trying to improve their lot and Kevin Rudd's public apology when he was prime minister certainly helped push the Cart of Justice a bit faster along the track.

But still a way to go and obstacles to overcome.