Gambling TV Gone Awry

For those of you looking for a way to spend their Sundays, there is a new show on called South Florida Sunday. This new political, as well as educational show has been touted by some as the best way to find out all the relevant news that is fit to be heard. This political show is surely the best way to find out what is going on in South Florida both politically, and yes, educationally.

Now, you mustn’t mind however, that there really isn’t too much educational, but mostly political mumbo-jumbo going on here. Their new show is actually just one long ad for slot machines and gambling in South Florida. The “show” is actually just a paid programming show that is paid for by none other than Mardi Gras Gaming – who had several promos throughout the show.

The show is hosted by Evan Jenne. For those of you who are not familiar with this name, he is the son of Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne, who is currently under investigation for alleged corruption. The younger Jenne is a freshman Florida legislator, and he ends up spending the show speaking with the owners of Mardi Gras Gaming and another lawmaker – Joe Gibbons. But the educational part? Well, it hasn’t happened yet, I guess. Instead these men sit and talk about how great slot machines and gambling are, and that the benefit the entire community. Guess they haven’t talked to the growing number of slot machine addicts.

These men sit and discuss what a great deal Broward County got bringing in all of those slot machines, and that since there was already pari-mutuels that it really isn’t even an expansion of gambling. After the men finished discussing it and more people came in to talk about how great slot machines were as well, the show ended. However, I was still looking for the educational part of it. Wait, I did learn one thing, I’d rather be weeding than watching South Florida Sunday – so I guess it was educational after all.

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