Sports Betting

From revenue to consumer protections, a look at the landscape of legal sports betting one year after its rollout in Florida.

The tribe announced Monday that it was partnering with West Flagler Associates and the Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. for a comprehensive agreement. As part of the settlement, the companies have agreed to end litigation against the tribe’s gaming operations and instead will begin a new partnership to offer Jai Alai wagering on the tribe’s Hard Rock Bet app.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss changes to citizen-run police review boards, a new court action on sports betting, a state law on transgender health care, Juneteenth events in Fort Myers and Central Florida, a gallery exhibiting queer joy in honor of Pride Month, and how love for hockey has grown in Florida.

The nation’s highest court on Monday denied a petition from companies that oppose the compact, which promises to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars for the Seminole Tribe and the state.

The Florida Supreme Court said in a ruling on Thursday that the type of petition the opponents had filed was the wrong vehicle for challenging the compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.

Legislative leaders pitched the use of gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects as they kicked off the 2024 legislative session on Tuesday.

The Seminole Tribe intends to resume making payments to Florida as part of a 30-year deal that included giving the tribe control over sports betting.

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.

As they wage a two-front fight against the Seminole Tribe of Florida offering online sports betting statewide, two pari-mutuel companies are seeking more time to make their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss Seminole Hard Rock Casino relaunching its sports betting app after a court fight over bringing sports betting to the state. Plus, we look at how the Medicaid unwinding process is going. And later, we catch up on some of the wildlife stories from across the state.

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.