READ MORE: Seminole Tribe of Florida is ready to take next steps to expand sports betting The companies contend that the sports-betting part of the deal violates a 2018 constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of casino gambling. The pari-mutuel companies filed a petition in September at the Supreme Court challenging part of a gambling deal between the state and the tribe that would allow online sports betting. filed a motion at the Supreme Court hours after the tribe quietly began allowing some gamblers to place wagers on the sports-betting app anywhere in Florida.

The attorneys for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. The compact only allowed for gambling on tribal lands.After the Seminole Tribe relaunched a sports-betting app, attorneys for two pari-mutuel companies Tuesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt the online wagering as a legal battle continues to play out. But only days later, the compact was deemed unconstitutional because it allowed for people to bet on sports from remote locations. In 2021, sports betting was made legal through a compact between Gov. The online betting will be just for existing customers for now. The Hard Rock sports betting app has been relaunched for existing customers ahead of in-person betting at the casino starting in December. 11, the new games will launch at Seminole Casino Immokalee, near Naples, and Seminole Brighton Casino, on the northwest side of Lake Okeechobee.Īlso, online sports betting is back in Florida. 7, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Seminole Classic Casino in Hollywood and Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The games will debut in South Florida on Thursday, Dec. Sports betting, craps and roulette will launch at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa on Friday, Dec. The Seminole Tribe and Seminole Hard Rock plan to celebrate what they are calling “A New Era in Florida Gaming” with celebrations in December. The new gaming compact signed and approved by the Tribe and the State will allow for sports betting, craps and roulette at all six Seminole Casinos, including Tampa’s Hard Rock Casino. Seminole Tribe suspends Florida online sports betting app (Dec.PREVIOUS STORY: Sports betting one step closer to resuming in Florida.The move also allows for craps and roulette in Seminole Tribe casinos in the state.The Seminole Tribe of Florida announced plans Wednesday to move forward with in-person sports betting.

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