7 by saying it would also take online sports bets from a limited group of gamblers.
1 that it would begin allowing sports betting at its casinos in December. Supreme Court ruling, the tribe announced Nov. Supreme Court last month refused to block the deal in that lawsuit, which is separate from the Florida Supreme Court case.Īfter the U.S. The tribe in 2021 briefly launched an app to allow sports wagering throughout the state, but the app was shut down amid a federal lawsuit filed by the pari-mutuel companies. In exchange, the tribe agreed to pay the state at least $2.5 billion over the first five years and possibly billions of dollars more over the course of the pact, and ratified by the Legislature, also allowed the Seminoles to add craps and roulette to their Florida casinos and add three casinos on tribal property in Broward County. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. While the Supreme Court on Friday denied the suspension request, its decision did not resolve the underlying legal issues in the case. “This exigency has been created by the launch of the Seminole Tribe’s mobile betting application on November 7, 2023, without prior warning,” the attorneys wrote in a 15-page motion. quickly asked the Supreme Court to suspend the sports betting part of the law. However, it is not illegal for residents to participate in online gambling through. Attorneys for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. Florida does not yet have state-regulated online casinos or sportsbooks.
