Disney doubles down in fight to restrict Florida gambling expansion

An initiative seeking to limit the expansion of gambling in the state of Florida has found an ally with deep pockets—Disney.

New data on the state’s Division of Elections website showed that Disney Worldwide Services cut a check for $500,000 to the political committee “Voters in Charge” in July. This is in addition to the $250,000 that Disney contributed to the committee in April.

In total, company has given $1.15 million to the cause, accounting for more than 80 percent of Voters in Charge’s total contributions.

Aside from Disney, anti-gambling expansion group No Casinos Inc. has also given a large part of the money raised by the committee, along with thousands of dollars worth of in-kind contributions.