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Any conjectures upon how long before the legislature wakes up to the fact that, having joined the twentieth century, it's time to leap into the twenty-first and remove the handcuffs on limits, buy-ins, hours of operation, et cetera?

I ask this because i'd given up on them. The whole implementation of public poker, you long-time Fla residents should recall, came about because a decade-and-a-half ago the FDLE raided a literally nickel and dime poker game in the recreation room of a Key Largo condo. The legislature was embarrassed by the blackeye this caused on national media and legalized poker games where the pot did not excedd $10. The Indian tribes then opened card rooms with the pathetic $10 poker-like game and you know the rest.

For those of you not familiar with Florida, the largest Southern Baptist church in the state is in Tallahassee, across the street from the legislature. And just like people who believe live is controlled by luck, people who think things are controlled by a god are impervious to logical argument and factual evidence.