Yet if you are in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco or Manatee County, illegal slots are never far away. With few exceptions, like the Seminole Hard Rock casino on a 9-acre reservation outside Tampa, slot machines are illegal in Tampa Bay - and the rest of the state.
The manager allowed a photo on the condition that the Tampa Bay Times not disclose the game room's exact location.
A gambler plays a slot machine at an arcade in the Kenneth City area of Pinellas County.
