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17 May, 11 tweets, 8 min read
It has begun.
The Florida House kicks off a special session on gaming with a prayer.
Clerk is now reading the call of the session.
Speaker @ChrisSprowls addressing House members now, saying chamber has retained a legal expert on gambling questions not affiliated with any side.
@ChrisSprowls Sprowls saying he still had questions on gambling deal, now discloses amended compact between @GovRonDeSantis and Seminole Tribe that deletes part of deal on online casino gambling. Also pushes back start of sports betting to Oct. 15. House plans to end on Wednesday.
@ChrisSprowls @GovRonDeSantis That's the part that had fussed @NoCasinos honcho @JohnGSowinski, who warned of the tribe "turning every cellphone into a slot machine in Florida."
@ChrisSprowls @GovRonDeSantis @NoCasinos @JohnGSowinski Here's the part of the compact with that language.
@ChrisSprowls @GovRonDeSantis @NoCasinos @JohnGSowinski And here's the press release hot off the computer of the Speaker's Office.
@ChrisSprowls @GovRonDeSantis @NoCasinos @JohnGSowinski And here's the new compact page with the deletion and the sports betting delay, signed by tribe and @GovRonDeSantis
@ChrisSprowls @GovRonDeSantis @NoCasinos @JohnGSowinski Tribe spox says Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming, will testify at Senate Appropriations meeting at 2 pm ET to consider the nine @FLSenate bills that go along with the compact.
Statement from Florida Family Policy Council head @JohnStemberger

Sounds like anti-gambling protest and rally tomorrow is still on.
Point taken.

MT Luke Fay @thelukefay
The first month and a half of the college football season will be over before bettors will be able to make a wager in the state of Florida 🧐
The gaming law expert mentioned earlier today by Speaker @ChrisSprowls who is retained by the House is George Skibine, member of Osage Nation of Oklahoma & former acting chairman of National Indian Gaming Commission.
Source: indianz.com/News/2011/0033…

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House Select Subcommittee on the Gaming Compact, chaired by Rep. @NickDiCeglie, has begun. Panel will hear one bill, HB 1A, which is the compact's implementing bill. Dealing first with amendments to conform bill to today's news.
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