FL Senate Committee Advances Amended Decoupling Bill April 03, 2025 Legislation seeking to decouple Thoroughbred racing as a requirement of gaming licensure in Florida progressed with amendments from a Senate committee on Tuesday, April 1.
Amended Florida Decoupling Bill Progresses March 18, 2025 Legislation filed in the Florida House of Representatives early this year seeking to decouple Thoroughbred racing as a requirement of gaming licensure in the Sunshine State has progressed with amendme...
Decoupling Threatens Florida Thoroughbred Racing January 23, 2025 With the demise of Standardbred and Quarter Horse racing in Florida after the passage of decoupling legislation in 2021 removed the requirement that slot machine gaming license holders must conduct li...
Request For Veto To Decoupling Bill May 21, 2021 On Friday (May 21), the United States Trotting Association delivered a letter to Florida governor Ron DeSantis from USTA president Russell Williams urging him to veto the recently passed decoupling bi...
Florida Passes Decoupling Bill May 20, 2021 On Wednesday (May 19), the Florida legislature passed a decoupling bill that did not include an exemption for harness racing in the state.
Decoupling Still Possible In Florida May 18, 2021 Reports indicate that the Florida Senate approved a measure Tuesday (May 18) that would allow racetracks and other gaming sites to host some other forms of gambling, effectively ending harness racing ...
FL Decoupling Dead For ’17 Session May 03, 2017 It has been reported that a gambling legislation deal in Florida that included decoupling ‘went down the drain’ on Tuesday, May 2, three days before the scheduled end of the legislative session.
Florida Decoupling Bill Moves Forward April 03, 2017 On Thursday, March 30 in Florida, decoupling legislation Senate Bill 8 was advanced via a vote of 32-6. The bill would allow slot machines to be introduced to existing pari-mutuel locations, and would...
No Action On Florida Decoupling March 12, 2016 On Friday, Florida's 2016 Legislative Session concluded without passing any approval for decoupling horse racing from gaming operations.
FL Decoupling Amendment Filed March 10, 2016 Officials with the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association have made the industry aware that – in a move that was expected, to a degree – that a decoupling amendment that would separate ...
Horsemen’s Florida Meetings Conclude March 10, 2016 Harness Horsemen International’s annual meetings concluded on Wednesday, March 9 at the Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach Resort & Spa, Deerfield Beach, Fla.
Lee: Florida Decoupling Postponed March 01, 2016 Published media reports that have come out of Florida on Tuesday (March 1) have cited the state’s Senate Appropriations Chair, Tom Lee, as saying that the massive state gaming compact with the Seminol...
Stathis Stepping Up To The Plate February 29, 2016 Armed with international industry stakeholder support, Sam Stathis—Founder and Chairman of Stathis Enterprises and the World Chariot Racing Federation—is on a mission to save harness racing in Florida...