Fontainebleau owner pours money into PACs as bills could bring casino to Miami Beach
The hotel’s billionaire owner, Jeffrey Soffer, has made contributions in recent months to numerous state lawmakers who represent Miami-Dade County.
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The hotel’s billionaire owner, Jeffrey Soffer, has made contributions in recent months to numerous state lawmakers who represent Miami-Dade County.
Florida gambling regulators on Thursday refused to sign off on the sale of Magic City Casino to the Alabama-based Poarch Creek Indians.
Commission could meet again this month
Florida gaming regulators refuse to sign off on the sale of Magic City Casino, one of the state’s oldest pari-mutuels, to an Alabama-based Native American tribe.
The owners of one of the longest-running gambling operations in Florida are selling Magic City Casino in Miami to an Alabama-based Native American tribe for an undisclosed price and on Thursday will ask the state to transfer its lucrative gambling permit.