Little-noticed amendment gives Florida's adult arcades a legal boost.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | May 20, 2005 | Copyright

Byline: Jon Burstein

May 20--Florida's booming adult arcade industry scored a quiet legislative victory earlier this month that could mean law enforcement will have a tougher time shutting down the controversial businesses.

A three-word amendment tucked into a consumer protection measure passed unanimously by the Florida House and Senate could give adult arcades a boost to combat attacks they say are led by the state's pari-mutuels. The pari-mutuels didn't learn about the amendment until after the legislative session ended.

The amendment would resolve one of the ...

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