MIAMI, Fla. (WTNH) — A Hartford native is single-handedly keeping the legendary sport of jai alai intact throughout the United States. Scott Savin founded the World Jai-Alai League (WJAL), which ...
It took years, but the legal battle between pari-mutuel companies and the Seminole Tribe of Florida's gambling compact with the state is finally over in what the Tribe called a "win-win agreement" in ...
Back in the 1980s, Becky Smith would walk into the bar at the Miami Jai Alai Fronton, a glamorous, high-stakes gambling palace often referred to as the “Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai.” She wasn’t there ...
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Players and others who make a living from the once-popular sport of jai alai hope the closing of the last fronton, or court, at The Casino at Dania Beach is not the end of their ...