Other gambling interests also gave large soft-money donations to the committee.
Two consortiums of horse racing and gambling interests quickly formed, each competing to bid for the work.
Lambert's gambling interests are threatened, so he plans to ambush Cole's stage.
His gambling interests have also not been without their troubles.
Finally an association with the nascent western gambling interests.
That had led him into contact with legitimate gambling interests.
It did well and so did the owner's gambling interests.
Six of the top seven lobbying firms in Albany represented major gambling interests.
"The chief of police and a lobbyist for the gambling interests," Mason said.
But in Florida, competing gambling interests fractured into four parties, each pushing a different agenda.