“Today’s decision will not be the final word on this issue,’’ said John Sowinski, spokesperson for No Casinos and Miami businessmen and gambling opponents Armando Codina and Norman Braman, who filed separate lawsuits alleging that the federal government improperly approved the gaming compact. TALLAHASSEE Arguing that the outcome of the case could represent a blueprint for expanding gaming outside of Indian lands, a Florida pari-mutuel owner plans to ask the U.S. In May, special agents from the Florida Gaming Control Commission and local law enforcement cracked down on arcades in Fort Pierce, Delray Beach, St. But gambling opponents said the decision also opens the door for additional legal challenges. The states laws are ambiguous about online.
The ruling paves the way for an explosion of online betting in Florida if the tribe relaunches its Hard Rock Sportsbook betting app and pursues the possibility of two new casinos in South Florida. In Florida, most forms of gambling are legal except for sports betting, daily fantasy sports, and greyhound betting. In a victory for the Seminole Tribe of Florida that could upend gambling in the state, a federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Department of Interior to reinstate the agreement that gave the tribe and its Hard Rock casinos a monopoly on sports betting in Florida. A federal appeals court reversed that decision on Friday, June 30, 2023. A federal judge shut it down three weeks later with a ruling that the compact with the state of Florida violated federal Indian gaming laws. The Seminole Tribe quietly went live with sports betting in Florida Nov.
