Miami Casinos and Miami Gambling - Florida

Genting reduces its Miami vision

Genting have scaled back Miami plans to a 500 room resort and a proposal that blends with the present local skyline. read more

Miami's newest casino opens its doors

Casino Miami Jai-Alai, an $87 million casino expansion of Miami Jai-Alai, will open today. read more

Florida: Casino bill bets on mega-resorts

Two bills to be filed today could signal a shift from tracks to destination resorts. read more

City, county mayors to discuss impact of Genting plan

The city of Miami and Miami-Dade County are forming an alliance to look at the costs and impact of Genting's proposed casino plan ahead of the legislative session. read more

Miami mayors oppose Genting casino plan

Anxieties raised by three ex-mayors that Genting casino plan will swallow up public lands. read more

Resorts World Miami plans emerge

Resorts World Miami plans include up to 44 restaurants. read more

Florida casino opens with Vegas-style slots

News brief: Miami's Flagler Dog Track has become the first in Miami-Dade County to feature Vegas-style slot machines. read more

Slot machines arrive in Miami

News brief: The Flagler Dog Track plans to open its $54 million Magic City Casino in October. read more

Fontainebleau poised to recapture spotlight

When it debuts this fall, Fontainebleau Miami Beach will be poised to recapture its place among the world's most celebrated resort playgrounds. read more

Florida tracks approved for slots

Florida Gaming Corporation reports that Miami-Dade County voters approved the operation of up to 2000 Class III Las Vegas style slot machines at Miami Jai-Alai. read more

Ex-spouses' Lotto settlement stays unsealed

News Brief: A Miami-Dade judge on Thursday said a settlement agreement between a man and his ex-wife divvying up her lottery fortune should remain an open record. read more

Miami Jai-Alai could be sold

News Brief: If Miami-Dade County voters decide in January to allow slot machines at the county's parimutuels, the election could trigger the sale of venerable Miami Jai-Alai to Isle of Capri. read more

Florida tracks request slot vote

Calder Race Course and Flagler Dog Track and Sports Entertainment Center have initiated a formal request before the Governmental Operations and Environment Committee of the Miami-Dade County Commission for a referendum to be held allowing Miami-Dade voters to consider the inclusion of slot machines at the three existing pari-mutuel facilities in Miami-Dade County. read more

Sore Loser Drives Into Casino

News Brief: After dropping some cash at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming hall in West Miami-Dade Thursday night, an unlucky gambler got into his pickup truck and crashed it into the casino's glass doors. read more

Just Call Me James McManus

Perhaps it was fate that I packed Positively Fifth Street in my travel bag as I got ready for my first trip as a poker journalist. In the book, James McManus chronicles his trip to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker. It was on my list of books to review, and since taking this job, at least a half-dozen friends told me I HAD to read it. read more