Adult arcades or mini-casinos? Legislature could decide

It still pains adult arcade owner Gale Fontaine to talk about her 2005 arrest on charges of running an illegal gambling operation in Broward County.

''I'm a great-grandmother. My family had to watch as I was handcuffed,'' she said. ``And what was I doing wrong? Helping senior citizens?''

A jury acquitted Fontaine the following year, apparently deciding that her business -- with its slot-machine look-alike games that run for as little as eight cents a spin -- was more elderly clubhouse than cut-rate casino.

But now Fontaine's four arcade operations and approximately 200 others across Florida are back in the legal cross hairs. A Senate committee set to meet Tuesday in Tallahassee will consider new regulations for the businesses, a move Fontaine believes is aimed at shutting them down. More here.