Disney backed initiative to restrict Florida gambling

Disney Worldwide Services, which claims to make dreams come true, has helped dash the wishes of many to have an expanded gambling in the state of Florida.

Financial data posted on the state Division of Elections website showed that Disney worked silently in order to prevent gambling expansion in Florida – pouring thousands of dollars to the political committee “Voters in Charge” on April 3, 2017.

In all, the committee raised $287,675 in April, with $250,000 coming from Disney Worldwide Services and $30,000 from the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association. It spent $140,709, with $103,792 going to the firm National Voter Outreach, Inc. for petition gathering.

According to the group’s information on Facebook, Florida political committee Voters in Charge is sponsoring a ballot initiative “to give Florida voters, not politicians, the exclusive right to approve or disapprove casino gambling.”