The deck looks stacked against Florida Internet cafes of the sweepstakes variety. First the governor and Sen. John Thrasher voiced their displeasure -- and on Thursday the speaker of the House predicted a moratorium on thesefriendless, get-around-the-gaming-law businesses springing up across the state.

At a press gaggle Thursday, when asked if the House is going to join the Senate in calling for a moratorium on Internet "sweepstakes" cafes, Speaker Will Weatherford said, "At a minimum, I would say a moratorium."

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When asked if he has any plans to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in the 2014 GOP primary, Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford mostly said no -- mostly -- but he didn't emphatically rule it out.

Weatherford said he's too busy right now going into the 2013 legislative session to think of such things. He and Scott are friends, Scott is doing a good job, and besides, they agree on most things anyway, Medicaid expansion excepted.

Not an "absolutely, positively not interested," Mr. Speaker.