Seminoles, Florida To Square Off In Court: ReportState Wants Judge To Make Tribe Shut Down Blackjack |
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The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe were in court Monday in a fight over the tribe’s blackjack tables.
According to a report from the Associated Press, the nonjury trial before US District Judge Robert Hinkle is expected to last three days. A ruling would likely come at a later date.
The state wants the tribe to shut down its blackjack tables because a 2010 compact between the two parties has expired. The tribe is still running the games at its Sunshine State casinos because it believes that Florida violated the compact that gave it a casino gambling monopoly. Florida let race tracks have slot machines and offer card games that aren’t house-banked.
Under Florida law, the racinos can’t offer house-banked games, but there was a way around that rule by allowing a player to act as the game’s bank on behalf of the house. The Sunshine State recently lost a court decision on that matter.
“The entire landscape that was contemplated at the time the compact was negotiated has changed radically,” an attorney for the tribe told the judge.
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