Decoupling

Thoroughbred racing at Gulfstream Park

Amended Florida Decoupling Bill Progresses

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...

Thoroughbred racing at Gulfstream Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

On Friday, Florida's 2016 Legislative Session concluded without passing any approval for decoupling horse racing from gaming operations.

FL Decoupling Amendment Filed

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

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

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...

FL Committee Passes Decoupling Bill

February 18, 2016

On Wednesday, February 18, a Florida Senate committee passed SB7072, a piece of legislation related to the state gaming compact that, among other things, calls for ‘decoupling,’ which would allow the ...