Gambling

A pari-mutuel owner Tuesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to block a plan that would allow the Seminole Tribe to operate sports betting throughout the state, arguing it would violate a constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of expanded gambling.

In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state.

They include challenges to new laws that prevent abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and restrict classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.

The Biden administration and the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked a deal that would give the tribe control over sports betting in the state.

Florida Education Champions, a political committee sponsoring the sports-betting measure, got only 472,927 of the 900,000 signatures required to place the proposal on the November ballot.

The U.S. Department of the Interior filed a notice that it intends to appeal a ruling that invalidated a 30-year deal negotiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole tribal leaders and ratified by state lawmakers in May.

It was not immediately clear whether the Seminoles plan to suspend their online sports-betting operations after the appeals court’s decision.

The emergency motion comes after a U.S. district judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the gambling deal between the state and the tribe violated federal law.

Ryan Esdale would not have been born without jai-alai in Dania Beach. Reflecting on how his favorite sport has shaped his family and his entire life, he shares what makes the game significant even as the fronton in Dania closes its doors after nearly 70 years.

Although the compact deems sports betting to occur at the location of the tribe’s servers, the judge wrote that “this court cannot accept that fiction.”

A professor who teaches sports management at Rollins College discusses the status of sports betting in the state.

Florida voters passed a ballot measure to stop greyhound racing in 2018. Attorneys for Christopher D’Arcy say he was entitled to compensation because the measure led to a taking of his property.