Odds diminishing for Florida gambling bill

Tampa Bay Times – Gov. Rick Scott is in quiet, some say subdued, negotiations with the Seminole Tribe of Florida over a new gambling compact. The House won’t take up a bill to address gambling expansion until a compact is complete. And the Senate has repeatedly postponed a hearing to vote out its proposal to build two new destination casinos in Miami Dade and Broward. Conclusion: “It’s getting late,” said House Speaker Will Weatherford on Wednesday. As the legislature reached the half-way point Wednesday of the 60-day legislative session, pre-session predictions seem to be coming true as the odds of a…