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For weeks, negotiators for the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis worked on an agreement for a gaming compact.
Then, late Monday, the governor made what was likely a final offer: Florida would become the largest state in the nation to legalize sports betting, and the Tribe would control it. The Tribe would not stand in the way if legislators were to allow Miami Beach to
become home to a controversial new casino. And the Seminole Tribe would give the state hundreds of millions of dollars in annual payments.
It was an ambitious proposal designed to capitalize on the revenue stream of the exploding and popular online gaming industry, provide a new revenue source to the declining parimutuel industry, and open the door to a Miami Beach casino permit for Jeffrey Soffer, the real estate mogul who has used has used his superyacht, his friendship with Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tom Brady, and $1.1 million in contributions to influence the governor and legislat
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