Gambling in the Seminole Reservations will be covered in a separate section. This is gambling ONLY related to legislative action. I’ll offer this following summary as well. A fun timeline of the issue can be found here and here. Gambling in Florida has been around (legally) since the Great Depression era.
With the lobbying and voting all wrapped up, I decided to take a look at the history of gambling in Florida. Last week, the Florida legislature signed off on a massive gambling compact worked out between Governor Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe of Florida which will result in a massive expansion of legalized gambling in the state.
