Gretna Racing, LLC v. Florida Department of Business And Professional Regulation, etc.

“Shall slot machines be approved for use at the pari-mutuel [horse track] facility in Gretna, Florida]?” This is the question presented by the Gadsden County Commission to the county’s voters in a ballot question. And it is the question we now must decide. A majority of the voters answered the question in the affirmative, but the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering subsequently denied a slot machine permit to Gretna Racing, LLC. In Gretna Racing, LLC v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, 178 So.3d 15 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), the First District upheld…