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Slipping through a loophole, Mardi Gras Racetrack & Gaming has received state approval to operate a 24-hour poker room.

The first non-Indian poker room in Florida to go 24 hours opens July 1.

The Florida Legislature approved daily poker for pari-mutuels when it revised gambling laws in 2007. But the language called for 12 hours per racing permit, and Mardi Gras holds two: its own and one from the Biscayne Kennel Club, which closed in 1997.

Mardi Gras president Dan Adkins earlier this year argued that Mardi Gras should be allowed to stack both permits, and the state’s Department of Administrative Hearings agreed last week

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Mardi Gras Racetrack poker room to go 24 hours — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

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