Hot Seats is pictured in a strip mall in Leesburg on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)

Lake County casino linked to Lopez, 3 others raided

Hot Seats, an illegal casino in Leesburg with apparent ties to the racketeering case against former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, was raided Thursday night along with two other gambling operations in Lake County. The operation — dubbed “Calvin Coolidge,” after the former U.S. president, for reasons that remain obscure — targeted Hot Seats; The…

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