pari-mutuels

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.

Christopher D'Arcy filed the appeal after a circuit court judge dismissed his lawsuit.

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.”

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.

Christopher D'Arcy contended that he was entitled to compensation because the measure led to a taking of his property.

Two pari-mutuel facilities contend that allowing people to place sports bets while off tribal property violates federal laws.

It would have allowed pari-mutuel facilities to offer bingo games.

Among other things, they would establish a Florida Gaming Control Commission to police the industry, and allowing pari-mutuels to stop offering jai alai performances along with quarter-horse and harness races.

State lawmakers would have to sign off on the agreement, which is known as a “compact.” A special session to consider the issue is scheduled for May 17.

A Senate panel has advanced measures that would create a new gambling commission and would decouple most pari-mutuel gambling.

State Representative Evan Jenne called for negotiations with the Seminole Tribe of Florida to reinstate the annual payments of an estimated $350 million...