Gulfstream Challenges Florida Law Requiring Horse Racing to Keep Slot Machines

Gulfstream challenges Florida law requiring horse racing to keep slot machines

Gulfstream Park Racing Association has filed a lawsuit arguing that a requirement that the South Florida thoroughbred track conduct races to maintain its lucrative slot-machine operations is an unconstitutional “special law.”

Gulfstream Lawsuit Challenges Racing Requirement

TALLAHASSEE — Gulfstream Park Racing Association has filed a lawsuit arguing that a requirement that the South Florida thoroughbred track conduct races to maintain its lucrative slot-machine operations is an unconstitutional “special law” that “thoroughly undermines” its ability to compete…

'Encumbered' By 'Statutory Burden' Of Live Racing To Operate Slots, Gulfstream Files Lawsuit To Overturn Law

After this past spring's failed attempt to get a controversial bill passed in the Florida legislature that would have stripped a 40-days-minimum live racing requirement from its casino licensure, the owners of Gulfstream Park have filed a lawsuit against the Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC), alleging that the 2021 statute that allowed all classes of pari-mutuel licensees except Thoroughbreds to “decouple” from live racing as a condition …

Stronach sues in latest effort to decouple racing, slots in Florida

After failing in the Florida state legislature this spring, the Stronach Group has gone to court to fight for the right to decouple its Gulfstream Park racing and slot-machine licenses. Filing under the name Gulfstream Park Racing Association, Stronach wants a Tallahassee court to declare a selective 2021 decoupling law unconstitutional. The case was filed in Leon County circuit court against the Florida Gaming Control Commission. In a written s…