Gretna Racing, LLC, Petitioner v. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Summary

The court approved the First District’s decision upholding the denial of Gretna Racing’s slot-machine license. It held that Gadsden County’s general home-rule powers did not authorize a binding referendum on slot-machine gaming, and the statutory definition of an eligible facility required a separate statutory or constitutional authorization for such a referendum. Justice Lewis concurred in the result, emphasizing that slot-machine gambling is generally prohibited and that the statutory expansion was not self-executing.