Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a $500 million gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would bring mobile sports betting to the state of Florida and allow for Las Vegas-style casinos at all tribal facilities. If approved, anyone who is over age 21 and located within the […]
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DeSantis, Seminole Tribe hammer out gambling deal
DeSantis, Seminole Tribe hammer out gambling deal Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe are set to sign off on a sweeping gambling deal that would bring sports betting to Florida and rake at least $2.5 billion into state coffers over the next five years, according to sources in the […]
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Sports betting appears headed to Florida in deal agreed to by governor, Seminole Tribe
More than half of all states now allow some form of legal sports betting, and if a proposal which has been agreed to in principle between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the state gets approved by the Legislature in the next week, Florida could be added to that list […]
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which self-catering tribe are you in?
Are you a school tripper? A creative retreater? An epicurio? A DIY bootcamper? Or a wine-not-diner? Self-catering. Is there a more depressing adjective to be found in the English language? For travellers like me, the answer was no – until Monday’s announcement. England’s lockdown-easing roadmap abruptly thrust the nation’s self-catering […]
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‘First Thanksgiving’ Wampanoag Tribe Faces New Epidemic
When Paula Peters was in second grade in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s, listening to a teacher talk about Plymouth colony and the Mayflower, a student asked what happened to the Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims settle, the Wampanoag. The teacher said they were all dead. “When she mentioned we’re […]
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400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe Who Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Their Land Amid Another Epidemic
Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, and Jackolynn Carey, 5, Wampanoag Nipmucs from Mashpee, look across to the Mayflower replica anchored near Plymouth Rock on Nov. 26, 1991. They were with a group of Native Americans gathered for a day of mourning in response to the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, […]