![]() ![]() ![]() Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland because her agency did not block the compact.įriedrich also ruled that the only sports betting allowed outside of tribal lands in Florida is through a citizen initiative. District Judge Dabney Friedrich with the District of Columbia concluded the deal was illegal because it allowed people to place sports bets anywhere in the state in violation of federal laws governing gambling on Native Americans’ lands. Shortly after the deal was approved, the Seminoles began offering sports betting through a mobile app.īut in late 2021, U.S. The compact not only authorized sports betting, but it authorized the Tribe to add craps and roulette to its current casinos and build additional casinos on the Tribe’s Hollywood reservation that is already home to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in September turned down a request for a rehearing.įlorida’s gambling deal with the Tribe was approved by the GOP-led Legislature in May 2021 and later signed into law by Gov. The lawyers representing the owners of the Magic City Casino in Miami and the Bonita Springs Poker Room want the temporary pause while it asks the Supreme Court to consider the legal dispute.Ĭoncluded a lower court judge had wrongly blocked the deal and said that any dispute over the compact between Florida and the Tribe should be fought in state court. 18 to respond to the request for the longer stay. Roberts in his order gave lawyers for the Department of Interior until Oct. ![]()
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