ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER ENDORSEMENT

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STEALING FROM THE OLD FOLKS

That's okay, their buddies murdered MY MOTHER AND SISTER so .... let's just get that on the table. You've been laying out the proof ALL YEAR .....

At any rate, how proud are we?? THey couldn't steal from MY MAMA at the slots so they tried to steal HER HOME instead? How funny is it that I enjoy such good health despite YOUR BEST EFFORTS??? L O L !!!!


Vegas-style slot machines debut at Seminole Hard Rock casino

By ADRIAN SAINZ
AP Business Writer


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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) -- Purse in hand and eyeglasses on, 80-year-old Ruth Spivak stood behind a velvet rope Monday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, just steps away from the bright lights, musical chiming and big jackpots of the tribe's first Las Vegas-style slot machines.

Spivak woke up at 7:30 a.m. and came down from Delray Beach to get in position. She was one of hundreds who showed up to feed dollar bills or casino debit cards into the machines the 800 new slots at the Seminole Tribe of Florida's casino in this Fort Lauderdale suburb.

"I want to try the machines and win money, like I do in Las Vegas," said Spivak, who said she goes to the gambling capital about twice a year and hoped to win a "couple hundred dollars" Monday.

A flashy ceremony to introduce the new machines came just weeks after an agreement between Gov. Charlie Crist and Seminole Tribe leaders went into effect. Sought by the tribe for years, the deal allows expanded gambling for Vegas-style games such as slots, blackjack and baccarat at its seven Florida casinos.

Players of Vegas-style or Class III slot machines compete against the house rather than each other, a feature of the bingo-style Class II games already available at Seminole casinos. The Vegas-style machines are seen as more lucrative, both for players and casinos.

Crist's agreement was challenged by House Speaker Marco Rubio and Senate President Ken Pruitt, who said lawmakers must approve any agreement he negotiates. The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments about whether the compact is valid on Wednesday.

State leaders have said they did not expect the tribe to begin operating the slots so quickly.

"When the compact went into the Federal Register it became law that we're allowed to offer Class III devices," said Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming. "Obviously, we placed our orders immediately."

Allen said two Nevada-based slots manufacturers, International Gaming Technology and Bally Technologies Inc., delivered the machines "in weeks, when it usually takes months."

As part of the compact, Florida has already received a $50 million payment from the tribe and is guaranteed $100 million in the first year. The state's share is set to increase to up to $150 million by the third year of the agreement, and after that will be based on revenues. Many expect the state's share to quickly add up to billions of dollars.

Broward County pari-mutuels already have Vegas-style slots, and Miami-Dade County voters were to decide Tuesday whether they want slots at their jai-alai fronton and horse and dog tracks.

Allen and Seminole Chairman Mitchell Cypress praised Crist for pushing through the compact, which the tribe had failed to attain under previous governors such as Jeb Bush, another Republican.

"Gov. Crist may be a Republican, but the one Republican that ever realized that the people need in the state of Florida the moneys that we bring in," Cypress said during an event that was part media event, part cultural display.

It began with a tribal member delivering a speech in the Miccosukee language and included repeated references to the Seminoles' history with words such as "injustice" and phrases like "this is our time." The Seminoles, who resisted their forced removal from Florida by the U.S. government in the 1800s, were the first U.S. tribe to offer high-stakes gambling when they opened a bingo hall in 1979.

The celebration also included the scantily clad women, an appearance by wrestler Hulk Hogan, and sparkling white fireworks shooting out the top of slot machines as tribal leaders played them for the first time.

The tribe plans to install up to 15,000 slot machines around the state, though it will take some time to get them installed at its other six facilities. No blackjack or baccarat was yet available at the casino, which already offers poker.

The hotel-casino gained national notoriety after the Feb. 8 passing of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, who was found dead in one of the hotel's rooms.

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