Seminole Tribe of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative leaders late Friday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a challenge to a deal that allowed the Seminole Tribe to offer online sports betting statewide, saying it does not violate a 2018 constitutional amendment that restricted casino gambling.

The Seminole Tribe has faced lawsuits in the Florida Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court over its newly relaunched sports betting app.

Without explanation, the Florida Supreme Court denied a motion to “immediately suspend the sports betting provisions” of a law that carried out a 2021 gambling deal between the Seminole Tribe and the state.

After more than two years of legal wrangling about a 2021 deal with Florida that allowed the Seminoles to offer online sports betting anywhere in the state, Seminole Tribe leaders said they plan to roll out sports betting in December.

The Biden administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow an appeals-court ruling to move forward in a battle about whether the Seminole Tribe of Florida should be able to offer online sports betting throughout the state.

The court at least temporarily halted an appeals-court ruling that would allow the Seminole Tribe of Florida to offer sports betting throughout the state.

The group has asked the Supreme Court for permission to file a brief backing a legal challenge that two pari-mutuel companies filed against the sports-betting plan.

A Washington, D.C.-based appellate court Thursday refused to put on hold a ruling that upheld a deal giving the Seminole Tribe of Florida control over sports betting throughout the state. But as legal challenges grind on, Florida gamblers shouldn't plan on placing bets from their phones anytime soon.

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.

HistoryMiami museum has remains and funerary artifacts from 132 Tequesta and Calusa tribe individuals. Those tribes are considered extinct, but the Seminole Tribe of Florida has long claimed to be their descendants.

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.

More than 3,000 members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida live on six reservations throughout the state with nearly 700 on the Big Cypress Reservation. Yet, their way of life remains a mystery to many.