The legal challenge argues that the agreement between the Seminole Tribe and the state is illegal because Florida voters had overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment in 2018 that required any gambling expansion be voter-approved. The future of sports betting in the state is still being challenged by another petition with the Florida Supreme Court filed by parimutuel facilities.
8 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa.Īt the time of that announcement, a Seminole spokesperson said there was no information about mobile sports betting. 7 at its three South Florida casinos and Dec. Days later, the tribe announced in-person sports betting, along with craps and roulette, would begin Dec. Supreme Court lifted a hold on earlier rulings that challenged the legality of the tribe’s growing sports betting enterprise.