Clovis Watson, Jr. voted Nay (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends Casino and Gaming Laws
Vote to pass a bill that regulates the gaming industry by, among other things, prohibiting certain counties from slot machine gambling.
Authorizes the Seminole Tribe of Florida to maintain their slot machines and blackjack tables for 20 years (Sec. 1).
Establishes restrictions on the use of slot machines in Seminole-tribe casinos in South Florida (Sec. 2).
Requires the Seminole tribe to provide every new employee of their casinos a training program on compulsive gambling and assisting problem gamblers (Sec. 3).
Requires the Seminole tribe to provide printed materials to patrons containing information on the 24-hour hotline of the Florida Council of Compulsive Gambling or other resources dedicated to assisting problem gamblers (Sec. 3).
Requires all covered game employees to receive training on how to identify compulsive gamblers and requires staff to ask them to leave the premises (Sec. 5).
Requires all marketing for games at the facilities to contain a responsible gambling message (Sec. 5).
Title: Amends Casino and Gaming Laws