Is gambling permitted in Florida?

[biggamer3]

why is there only one casino which i know of if it is permitted, the Hard Rock?

[James Nl]

Check out cardplayer for locations, there are many..

[cardcounter0]

Broward County
Dania Jai-Alai
Gulfstream Park
Hollywood Greyhound
Pompano Park
Indian Casinos
Miccosukee Miami
Seminole Casinos
Hard Rock Hollywood
Seminole Hollywood
Hard Rock Tampa
Seminole Immokalee
Seminole Brighton
Seminole Coconut Creek
Day Casino Boats
Key Largo
SunCruz I
Miami
Horizon's Edge
Fort Lauderdale
Discovery Sun
SeaEscape
Riviera Beach
Palm Beach Princess
Port Canaveral
Sterling Ambassador II
SunCruz XII
Daytona Beach
SunCruz III
Jacksonville
SunCruz VI
Fort Myers Beach
Big "M" Casino
St. Petersburg
Ocean Jewel

[KCheng]

The casinos ON LAND have a max bet law of $2 per round. Ones on land include both Hard Rock casinos. Some of the ones listed are ones that go off shore into international waters (SunCruz, Sterling) and have higher limits.

Make sure you look for a website before you just go out there! I don't think Ocean Jewel runs anymore, but I'm not 100% on that. Also, it's also missing Derby Lane (dog track/poker room in St. Petersburg).

[MJC1977]

The Florida Lotto!!

[pokerchap]

How are the boats? Are they real ghetto?

[KCheng]

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How are the boats? Are they real ghetto?

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I've been on SunCruz (from both Port Canaveral and Madeira Beach), and the Sterling line (from Port Canaveral). The boats are fairly old and "ghetto" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. You'll see a lot of elderly people there just blowing away retirement.

Check out the websites before you go, and make sure the waves aren't too rough out there, since you have to sail for quite about an hour each way (out and back in) before any gambling can happen.

[pokerchap]

haha yeah I don't do too well with rough seas either if you know what I mean hahaha. I'll check it out.

So it's a fish pond right? I heard the NLHE cash games are on Saturdays?

[KCheng]

The ships tend to have pretty bad players, and the Hard Rock casinos are worse (the $2 max bet makes everyone not care about money). It's not uncommon to see 7-8 players going to the flop when it's capped pre-flop.

I think the ship players tend to be a little better, but not by much. I'm not sure exactly what day the cash games are...I'd call them before going out there!

[wheelflush]

jacksonville has some nl tournaments on wed/sat/sun. i'm going to visit next month. any info on the payout/level structure would be appreciated.
http://www.jaxpokerroom.com/TournamentSchedule.asp