{"content":[{"text":"The Tampa Bay Times reported that $62 million had been contributed by both \n sides of gambling measures by the July 1 deadline, which is in dispute in a \n lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.097993,"width":0.742015,"height":0.085063}},{"text":"The paper also reported daily fantasy sports operators FanDuel and DraftKings \n each wrote $10 million checks to Florida Education Champions, the political \n committee behind a 2022 ballot initiative asking voters to authorize online \n sports betting at all Florida parimutuels, professional sports stadiums and \n anywhere else in the state using a mobile sports betting platform.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.203144,"width":0.7485160000000001,"height":0.145708}},{"text":"In the past, Las Vegas Sands has expressed interest in developing an integrated \n casino resort in Florida.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.36894,"width":0.7492510000000001,"height":0.05476000000000003}},{"text":"The company has a plan in place to sell its Las Vegas properties, announcing in \n March that affiliates of Apollo Global Management Inc. and Vici Properties Inc. \n will acquire subsidiaries that hold the real estate and operations of the Strip’s \n famed Venetian and Palazzo resorts and the Sands Expo and Convention Center \n for $6.25 billion.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.460607,"width":0.7623240000000001,"height":0.145694}},{"text":"That deal is expected to close later this year or by early 2022.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.626389,"width":0.582106,"height":0.02445699999999995}},{"text":"When that deal was announced, Sands officials indicated they wanted to invest \n in their Macao and Singapore properties and explore domestic investment \n options. The company has made an effort to lobby for the ability to build \n integrated casino resorts in Texas this year. The Texas legislative session ended \n without any movement on legalizing gambling in the state.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.670935,"width":0.755136,"height":0.14570700000000003}},{"text":"Brendan Bussmann, director of government affairs for Las Vegas-based Global \n Market Advisors, said interests have begun lining up to support or oppose","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.836579,"width":0.7531450000000001,"height":0.054755}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}