The checks flowing in from dog tracks, the Seminoles and Genting came while the Legislature was considering a comprehensive gambling bill that could have allowed two casinos in South Florida. Three days after the first-quarter fundraising deadline passed, Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples,Zaino Kanken Outlet, and chairman of the Senate Gaming Committee, announced the bill was dead.
Beer distributors are donating money in a year when they are locked in a battle with craft breweries trying to win permission to start half-gallon beer growlers.