Gambling

Police Mistake RoboCop Videogame for Gambling Machine

Cops Arrest Six For Illegal Gambling Machines, Mistake Gramps' RoboCop Game For Maquinita

A week after Rick Scott signed into law legislation outlawing video gambling machines, Miami Police raided gas stations, cafes, and bars around the city, arresting six men and confiscating ten maquinitas. Unsurprisingly, the operation occurred just as politicians attended the public crushing of 48 s ... More >>

Reader mail: Skip Bayless is a racist tool

Online poker players want justice after feds crush $2.5 billion industry

Hialeah Park Pushes Tallahassee For Slot Machines, Thoroughbred Races

​Less than one month since a bill that would have paved the way for three destination casino resorts in South Florida died in Tallahasee, the owner of Hialeah Park is tweaking his plan to introduce slot machines and card games at the storied race track. John Brunetti Sr., chairman of Hialeah Park, ... More >>

Hialeah Park, Florida's greatest racetrack, battles mega-casinos and lawsuits

Mitt Romney Takes Slumlord Money While Newt Gingrinch Is Propped Up By Casino Under Federal Probe

​In the race for the White House, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich don't seem to have a problem taking money from corporate pirates accused of breaking the law to maximize their profits. Romney has collected at least $100,000 from a Miami-based investment fund that owns run down apartment buildings i ... More >>

Poll: 48 Percent of Floridians Approve of Las Vegas-Style Casinos, 43 Percent Oppose

​A day after a Senate committee approved Florida's controversial gambling that would bring Las Vegas-style casinos to South Florida, Quinnipiac University is out with a poll that shows Floridians narrowly support the idea. Forty-eight percent support the idea of bringing full-service casinos to Fl ... More >>

Greater Miami Chamber Of Commerce Endorses Destination Casino Resorts

​Yesterday, Miami's largest business organization put its support behind destination casino resorts, which should please its new landlord. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution to back the proposed state casino bill that might allow Malaysian-based Genting to turn the site of t ... More >>

Rick Scott Still Mum on Casinos, Wants More Lotto Sales

​The debate over whether Florida should allow destination casinos is certainly one of the biggest in the state. Yet Gov. Rick Scott has remained mostly silent on the issue. That's not to say he doesn't have some form of gambling of the mind. To fund a $1 billion increase in the education budget, h ... More >>

Lincoln Diaz-Balart Lies While Shilling for Genting In Herald Op-Ed Piece

Lincoln Diaz-Balart wants you to bet on Genting.In Saturday's edition of the Miami Herald, former U.S. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart penned an opinion letter shilling for his client, Genting, the Malaysian-based gaming conglomerate that wants to transform the last prime piece of downtown Miami's w ... More >>

Cabinet Members Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam Join Anti-Casino Push

​The fight against the rise of destination casinos in South Florida just got two of its biggest supporters yet. Sitting Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, both elected Republican members of the cabinet, announced their support of the No Casino campaign today.The t ... More >>

Antoine Walker Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Failing to Pay Gambling Debts

In 2007, Antoine Walker was a key part of the Miami Heat's championship roster. Today, he's perhaps most notable for being the ex-fiance of Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada, last played for a D-League team and has now been sentenced to five years probation for failing to repay hundreds of thousan ... More >>

Rep. Erik Fresen, Pro-Gambling Lawmaker, Owes Thousands To The IRS

Rep. Erik FresenOver the past six months, state Rep. Erik Fresen has established himself as the go-to-politician for the gambling industry tycoons who want to bring gargantuan casino resorts to the Magic City. The lawmaker from Coral Gables is the mastermind behind one of two proposed bills that wou ... More >>

Seminoles sue Miami businessman over $1.2 million gambling debt

Jason Starkman, Epicure Owner, Taken To Court Over $1.2 Million Gambling Debt

Jason Starkman skipped out on a $1.2 million debt at the Hollywood-based casino owned by the Seminoles.​When it came to betting against the Seminole Tribe of Florida, prominent businessman Jason Starkman didn't know when to walk away -- yet so far he has still come out even. Last week, the Seminol ... More >>

Carlos Gimenez, Getting Cash From Genting and Magic City Casino, Tests His Loyalty

Genting Americas President Colin Au and Mayor Carlos Gimenez​Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez could soon be at odds with two major casino operators supporting his re-election run in 2012. That's because a pair of state bills that would pave the way for three destination mega-resorts with full-scale ... More >>

Adam Meyer: Florida's gambling king shouldn't have bet on Nevin Shapiro

Bill Would Allow Three New Mega-Casinos in South Florida

Genting's Resorts World Miami may have the most concrete and eye popping plans, but if the Florida legislature approves resort-style casinos don't expect it to be the only mega gambling venue to pop up in our community. Two South Florida Republicans are preparing to unveil their gambling b ... More >>

Las Vegas Sands Looking Into Possibility of Rival Casino Plans in Downtown

Las Vegas Sands, a casino resort company that counts Las Vegas's giant Venetian resort as its crown jewel, for years has been trying to butter up the Florida Legislature to allow gambling. The company was none too pleased when arch-rival Genting came into downtown Miami and announced a massive ... More >>

Three Miami mayors block Genting casino

Genting casino will kill Miami and Miami Beach

Supposed Tea Party Leaders Support Resorts World Miami Casino

​Recent research seems to suggest that the Tea Party is just the old, trusty religious right wrapped up in a shiny new package. Apparently, South Florida Tea Partiers didn't get the memo. Two Tea Party leaders in the area, which neither appear to be very powerful, have voiced their public support ... More >>

Genting Casino Will Kill Miami and Miami Beach

Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell explains why the Genting Group, the Malaysian gambling company that bought the Miami Herald and Omni properties, ... More >>

Plum TV's Jerry Powers Settles More Than $2.2 Million in Gambling Debts

C. StilesJerry Powers (right) with fashion designer Calvin Klein (center) and Jason Binn​​Old habits die hard, it seems. Between 1977 and 1984, Ocean Drive founder and current Plum TV exec Jerry Powers was sued 13 times for money owed."I was dependent on drugs when I did those things," he told N ... More >>

Miami Police Bust Luis Boris Estrada For Illegal Gambling Machines

​The Miami Police Department's crackdown on illegal gambling machines continued today with the arrest of Luis Boris Estrada. Cops busted the 42-year-old Cuban for operating six "maquinitas" at the Rapido Discount he manages at 2742 SW Eighth Street, finding $1,000 in one of the machines. Miami Pol ... More >>

Casinos, pot, and fun will save Miami's economy

Casinos, Pot, And Fun: The Key To New Jobs In Miami-Dade

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- lays out his vision for kick-starting the local economy.It's time for Miami ... More >>

Possible gambling video fuels fight between mayor and police chief

Video Could Help Arm Miami Police Chief Against Mayor

Photo by Michael MillerPolice Chief Miguel Exposito​As the saga of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's war with Mayor Tomás Regalado rages on, a new development could fuel the battle between the two estranged friends over illegal gambling in the city's bodegas and cafeterias. New Times has obtai ... More >>

Good News For Casinos and Deadbeat Gamblers, High-Stakes Poker Arrives in South Florida

Jenny McCarthy also likes poker​At the stroke of midnight on Thursday night, South Florida's new gambling laws came into effect, lowering the tax on slots, expanding gaming hours, and opening a gusher of cash for Magic City Casino, Calder Race Course, Gulfstream Park, and several other Broward cas ... More >>

Ex-Heat Star Antoine Walker Files for Bankruptcy

via Wiki CommonWhile his ex-fiance Evelyn Lozada is living it up on the hit show Basketball Wives, former Heat star Antoine Walker has filed for bankruptcy. The forward helped the Heat secure their 2006 NBA championship, but his professional life has faltered ever since.The bankruptcy was filed last ... More >>

Magic City Casino gets a big tax cut

Lawmakers Propose Full Casinos on Florida Beaches

​A full service casino resort may someday soon find itself on Miami Beach. Ironic considering the lawmaker baking the new gambling rules, Fort Lauderdale Republican State Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, campaigned on an anti-gambling platform.Bogdanoff, backed by Las Vegas mogul Sheldon Adelson, wants to al ... More >>

Casino Bars Rule: Fling, at Isle Casino & Racing

​Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Isle Casino & Racing in Pompano is seriously like Disney World for degenerate adults. Seriously, you lose entertainment-and-booze filled hours in a casino and walk out to find it's already dark ... More >>

Sports betting magnate James Giordano goes to jail

Horse Racing At Miami International Airport? Not a Joke, Apparently

via Wikimedia CommonsWelcome to Miami, folks. Don't mind the horseshit.The City of Miami is so desperate for revenue right now that nothing should really surprise us here in Riptide's heavily fortified underground command bunker.Cockfighting at Miami-Dade Public Libraries? Yawn. Legalized brothels b ... More >>

Former Heat Player Antoine Walker Owes Casinos $822,500 in Gambling Debts

via Wiki CommonsNBA forward Antoine Walker has bounced around to six teams and won the equivalent of the trade lottery when he played for the Miami Heat in 2005, winning an NBA Championship with the team less than a year later. His luck in Vegas casinos hasn't been as good. The Las Vegas District ... More >>

Slot Machines at Our Airport?

via Iotea's flickrSometimes Miami-Dade County Hall reminds me of that guy who's always dreaming up wacky get-rich-quick schemes and shady money-making ideas ("Dude, I just bought that book from the guy who wears question-mark-print suits..." "If I hit up every sperm bank in the tri-county area once ... More >>

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with Debbie Weed

Any Excuse Will Do: Gamblers Pack Casinos During Pathetic TS Fay

Slot Machine Ripoff at Gulfstream

A casino theft ring spooks the Sun-Sentinel

BEST CHEAP THRILL

Miccosukee Resort and Gaming Center

Ocean's Eleven, Give or Take

Soderbergh and Clooney knock over Vegas without much to show for it

Best Low-Rent Bar

El Toro Bar Liquors and Lounge

Cyber Stakes

South Florida is at the heart of the Internet gambling boom -- and of the war to stop it

He Did a Job on the Mob

During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

Big Chief Moneybags

Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

On the Good Ship Jackpot

The Tropicana's Thursday-night blackjack tournament floats local gamblers' boat