Local gamblers who also had waited for this day to arrive joined celebrities and members of the tribe at the Classic Casino about 10 a.m., then had to wait again for the ceremony to conclude before they could crowd around the new craps and roulette tables. “That’s a dream for each and every one of us in this world, is to have better for our children than what we had.” “We’re going to create dreams for our great grandchildren of tomorrow, to live a better life than we live,” said Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. DeSantis, including tens of thousands towards his presidential campaign.īut on Thursday, tribe officials described their success as championing over adversity. The tribe and its executives, including Allen, have given millions of dollars to Gov.
“And we mean that with a very humble mindset.”Ĭritics of the compact, including the betting companies challenging it in court, have argued that it gives the already powerful tribe an unfair monopoly on sports betting. “Once again, the tribe has prevailed,” Hard Rock Chairman Jim Allen told the South Florida Sun Sentinel ahead of the ceremony Thursday.
