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Negotiators from both chambers met Wednesday to try to thrash a compromise out on their diametrically opposed positions before the May 5 deadline.



Tribe Takes on Texas in Bingo Parlor Fight

Negotiators from both chambers met Wednesday to try to thrash a compromise out on their diametrically opposed positions before the May 5 deadline. Both bills seek to bring an end to protracted compact negotiations involving the state and the Seminole tribe, which owns the Hard Rock Resort brand name and operates seven casinos in Florida.

The home has proposed offering the tribe nothing new in exchange for payments to the state totaling $3 billion throughout the next seven years. The Senate bill is a wide-ranging gambling expansion package that could charge the Seminoles similar charge within the same timeline but also for the directly to offer craps and roulette, along with the blackjack games permitted under the terms of this compact that is previous.

Meanwhile, the right to offer blackjack would expand to parimutuel venues, while slots will be permitted in some states.

Huge Home Compromise

However it seems that the home ended up being the first to blink on Wednesday, setting forth several compromise proposals, including the one that will allow one new casino in Miami-Dade and grant the Seminoles additional exclusivity on craps and roulette at their seven existing casinos..

Also on the table was a proposal that will allow a cut in the slot machine tax for Seminoles and pari-mutuels when they, in turn, agree to cut the number of slot machines.

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