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Florida Case Debates What Is Typically Found in a Casino

The verdict in the Florida Supreme Court sports betting case could all boil down to the phrase "typically found in casinos." West Flagler filed its response brief in the state court case on Tuesday and most of its argument centered on Amendment 3 and its phrasing "typically found in casinos". Amendment 3, passed in 2018, requires that any expansion…
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Florida Case Debates What Is Typically Found in a Casino
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New casino games launch this week, tribe resumes gambling payments to Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Amid a celebrity-fueled launch of new casino games this week, the Seminole Tribe intends to resume making payments to the state as part of a 30-year deal that included giving the tribe control over sports betting. Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and chairman of Hard Rock International, told The News Service on Friday that the…
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New casino games launch this week, tribe resumes gambling payments to Florida
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Seminole Gambling Deal Gets Big Win

In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a November 2021 decision by a…
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Seminole Gambling Deal Gets Big Win
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Biden administration says Florida, Seminole Tribe gambling deal should get OK

TALLAHASSEE - The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to reinstate a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida, nearly nine months after a Washington, D.C.-based judge ruled that the 30-year agreement violated federal law. A U.S. Department of the Interior brief filed Wednesday offered a…
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Biden administration says Florida, Seminole Tribe gambling deal should get OK
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Florida gambling expansion backed by Las Vegas Sands abandoned

Florida Voters in Charge, the nonprofit political action committee funded by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to gather signatures on petitions supporting the legalization of commercial gambling in northern Florida, has abandoned its efforts to put the question on the November ballot. The organization also dropped an appeals court lawsuit it filed when Leon…
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Florida gambling expansion backed by Las Vegas Sands abandoned
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Las Vegas Sands' Attempt To Let Voters Decide Casino Fate Derailed

Four days after the political committee funded by DraftKings and FanDuel announced it was closing up shop because it wouldn't have enough signatures to get on the 2022 Florida ballot, the bid for a norther Florida brick-and-mortar casino fell short of the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot. Tuesday was the deadline for ballot…
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Las Vegas Sands' Attempt To Let Voters Decide Casino Fate Derailed
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Feds' next move unclear in gambling fight

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) - As the Seminole Tribe pursues a legal battle to regain control over online sports betting in Florida, the federal government has not decided whether to launch an appeal. The Seminoles are appealing a decision by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, who last month scrapped a deal negotiated by Gov. Ron…
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Feds' next move unclear in gambling fight
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South FL businessmen, No Casinos sue to strike down gambling expansion

two lawsuits fighting for control of sports betting in Florida's new gambling compact, there's now a third lawsuit seeking to invalidate the compact altogether. A group of South Florida businessmen and their companies, along with the anti-gambling group No Casinos, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., late Monday, arguing that the…
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Ante up: Florida’s gambling deal opens the door for online poker and blackjack

Florida's sweeping gambling deal wouldn't just bring sports betting to the Sunshine State: It also opens the door for online poker, blackjack and other games. But Floridians could get to do even more gambling under another item near the end of the 75-page agreement. Under a "miscellaneous section," Florida agreed to negotiate in "good faith" for…
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Ante up: Florida’s gambling deal opens the door for online poker and blackjack
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Feds Should Dismiss Florida and Seminole Tribe’s Gambling Deal

Florida approved sports betting through a compact signed with the Seminole Tribe on April 23, 2021. The compact made both the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe are happy as the compact is expected to boost state revenue by $2.5 billion in the next few years. While the gaming compact has kept both sides happy, it still requires federal…
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Feds Should Dismiss Florida and Seminole Tribe’s Gambling Deal
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Anti-gambling group challenges Seminole Gaming Compact

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Now that the Department of Interior has allowed the gaming compact between the state and Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming allowance given to the tribe are readying a suit to stop it. The Seminole Gaming Pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May, and allowed to go into effect by the…
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Anti-gambling group challenges Seminole Gaming Compact
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Seminole Compact legal challenge coming

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - Now that the Department of Interior has allowed the gaming compact between the State and Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming being given to the tribe are readying a suit to stop it. The Seminole Gaming Pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May, and allowed to go…
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Seminole Compact legal challenge coming
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Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact

TALLAHASSEE - Now that the Department of the Interior has allowed the gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming being given to the tribe are readying a lawsuit to stop it. The Seminole gaming pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May and allowed to go into effect by the…
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Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact
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Massive gambling compact approved; expansion of gambling poised to change FL landscape

It's official. Federal authorities green-lighted Florida's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Friday, marking the start of a new cultural era by allowing digital gambling statewide for the first time in Florida history. The 30-year compact, worth $2.5 billion to the state of Florida in just the first five years, was ratified by…
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Feds Clear Way for Florida Gambling Deal

Delivering a major victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, President Joe Biden's administration has allowed to go into effect a 30-year gambling deal that gives the tribe control of sports betting in Florida, setting the stage for litigation over the agreement that could reshape the state's gambling footprint. The federal Bureau of…
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Feds Clear Way for Florida Gambling Deal
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Florida gambling deal passes federal review

A key federal agency will not block a sweeping gambling deal Gov. Ron DeSantis signed with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, opening the door for sports betting to start as soon as Oct. 15 in Florida and setting the stage for a legal showdown over the issue. The agreement allows the Seminole Tribe to offer statewide online sports betting in…
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Florida gambling deal passes federal review
Tampa Bay Times

Seminole Tribe’s gambling compact with Florida approved by U.S. regulators

TALLAHASSEE - Federal regulators on Friday quietly and passively allowed the gambling agreement between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe to take effect, opening the door for sports betting to begin on Oct. 15, and setting off potential battles in court and on the ballot over what direction sports betting will take in Florida. In a…
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Seminole Tribe’s gambling compact with Florida approved by U.S. regulators
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Las Vegas Sands wants more casinos in North Florida

TALLAHASSEE - A political committee backed by Las Vegas Sands, a powerful new entrant into the gambling market in Florida, this week unveiled two new ballot initiatives that ask voters to approve as many as three new casinos in Florida and allow existing North Florida cardrooms to offer casino games. The two proposals, submitted to the Florida…
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Las Vegas Sands wants more casinos in North Florida
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Gov. DeSantis signs series of gambling measures

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a series of gambling-related measures approved by state legislators during a special session held earlier this month. One of the bills (SB 2-A) authorized a 30-year gambling deal, known as a "compact," inked by the governor and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. in April. Under the…
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DeSantis signs gambling bills into law

On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation ratifying Florida's gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which could bring sports betting to Florida plus craps, roulette, and similar casino games, provided the federal government approves the agreement. One of the bills (SB 2-A) approves a 30-year compact signed by DeSantis…
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DeSantis signs gambling bills into law
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Gambling deal could bring $2.5 billion to Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe finalized a 30-year gambling agreement, inking a deal that would deliver at least $2.5 billion to Florida over the next five years in exchange for giving the tribe control over statewide sports betting. Tribal leaders, including Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr., joined DeSantis in his Tallahassee office…
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Gambling deal could bring $2.5 billion to Florida
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Florida reaches new gambling agreement with Seminole Tribe

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reached an agreement with the Seminole Tribe on Friday that would greatly expand gambling in the state, including the introduction of legalized sports wagering. Sports betting, craps and roulette haven't been a part of Florida casinos until now. This means online and in-person sports betting. Governor DeSantis met with the…
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Florida reaches new gambling agreement with Seminole Tribe