Seminole Indians hit the jackpot with controversial Florida gambling deal

Native officers have been outraged that the Seminoles have been touting jackpots of $25,000, far bigger than the state’s authorized restrict of $100. Then-Sheriff Bob Butterworth, a Democrat who would go on to turn out to be Florida’s lawyer basic, insisted that the tribe was not solely breaking the regulation however was fronting for the mafia. When he misplaced a authorized problem, it opened the door for all the opposite Native American tribes nationwide to launch their very own playing companies.