Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit Challenging Seminole Gambling Deal

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Seminole tribe expands Florida casino betting

Seminole Tribe leaders last week announced a plan to roll out sports betting at their casinos in December - a first step in what could be a major expansion of gambling in Florida triggered by a go-ahead from the U.S. Supreme Court. The announcement came after more than two years of legal wrangling about a 2021 deal with the state that allowed the…

Law ・ 08 November 2023

Tampa Bay Times

Biden administration says Florida, Seminole Tribe gambling deal should get OK

TALLAHASSEE - The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to reinstate a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida, nearly nine months after a Washington, D.C.-based judge ruled that the 30-year agreement violated federal law. A U.S. Department of the Interior brief filed Wednesday offered a…

Poker ・ 19 August 2022

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Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid for North Florida Casinos

After spending more than $70 million and wrangling in court for months, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to Las Vegas-style casinos in North Florida have dropped an effort to place the measure on the 2022 ballot. The clash over the casino initiative pitted Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the Seminole Tribe of…

Law ・ 04 April 2022

Tampa Bay Times

Las Vegas Sands drops bid for North Florida casinos on 2022 ballot

TALLAHASSEE - After spending more than $70 million and wrangling in court for months, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to Las Vegas-style casinos in North Florida have dropped an effort to place the measure on the 2022 ballot. The clash over the casino initiative pitted Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the…

Law ・ 02 April 2022

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Las Vegas Sands' Attempt To Let Voters Decide Casino Fate Derailed

Four days after the political committee funded by DraftKings and FanDuel announced it was closing up shop because it wouldn't have enough signatures to get on the 2022 Florida ballot, the bid for a norther Florida brick-and-mortar casino fell short of the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot. Tuesday was the deadline for ballot…

Politics ・ 02 February 2022

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Deadline nears in North Florida casino drive

After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of dismissal Monday in Leon…

Law ・ 01 February 2022

Sun Sentinel

Lawsuit dropped against Seminoles over casino initiative

TALLAHASSEE - After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of dismissal Monday…

Law ・ 31 January 2022

CBS News Miami

Florida Casino Initiative Legal Fight Dropped

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of…

Law ・ 01 February 2022

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Casino initiative legal fight dropped

After two months of fierce legal battling, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing casinos in North Florida have dropped a lawsuit that alleged opponents tried to "sabotage" petition gathering. Lawyers for the political committee Florida Voters in Charge and petition firms filed a notice of dismissal Monday in Leon…

Law ・ 31 January 2022

CBS News Miami

Florida Judge Denies Injunction In Gambling Initiative Fight

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - A Leon County circuit judge on Wednesday refused to immediately halt efforts backed by the Seminole Tribe to try to block a gambling initiative from getting on next year's ballot. The initiative, supported by casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp., would allow voters to decide whether to allow pari-mutuel operators in North…

Law ・ 09 December 2021

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LVS, Tribe-Backed Groups in Florida Gambling Ballot Row

It seems that the Seminole Tribe of Florida has a lot more enemies than friends at the moment, with a bitter row over its sports betting compact with the state still ongoing. Now, in another highly volatile situation, two groups backed by the tribe are about to face off with another supported by Las Vegas Sands. Florida Voters in Charge, a ballot…

Law ・ 08 December 2021

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Las Vegas Sands Sues Seminole-Related Groups in Florida

Las Vegas Sands claims people and companies connected to the Seminole Tribe are illegally sabotaging their petition drive in support of gambling expansion in Florida. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The legal skirmishes over Florida's gambling industry continue, this time with groups associated with Las Vegas Sands Corp suing parties acting on behalf of…

Politics ・ 05 December 2021

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Las Vegas Sands sues Seminoles-linked groups over major gambling expansion in Florida

The casino giant, founded by the late gaming mogul Sheldon Adelson, alleges that the Tribe is paying off petition gatherers to break previous agreements to collect signatures on behalf of the Las Vegas Sands-backed ballot measure. The payments, according to the lawsuit, were designed to get petition gatherers to join the "other side" and collect…

Politics ・ 02 December 2021

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Fate of Florida gambling deal unclear as Seminole Tribe makes case

TALLAHASSEE --- The legality of sports betting in Florida remained uncertain Wednesday, as the Seminole Tribe escalated efforts to keep intact a deal giving it control over online sports wagering following a judge's ruling that the agreement violates federal law. The tribe's latest legal salvos gave no indication of plans to comply with U.S.…

Covid ・ 02 December 2021

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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Seminole Gambling Deal

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Dealing a win to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gambling agreement that allows the tribe to have control over sports betting in Florida. Owners of the pari-mutuels Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida filed…

Law ・ 19 October 2021

Sun Sentinel

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging gambling deal

Dealing a win to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gambling agreement that allows the tribe to have control over sports betting in Florida. Owners of the pari-mutuels Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida filed the lawsuit in…

Law ・ 19 October 2021

Florida Phoenix

South FL businessmen, No Casinos sue to strike down gambling expansion

two lawsuits fighting for control of sports betting in Florida's new gambling compact, there's now a third lawsuit seeking to invalidate the compact altogether. A group of South Florida businessmen and their companies, along with the anti-gambling group No Casinos, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., late Monday, arguing that the…

Law ・ 10 October 2021

Orlando Sentinel

No Casinos, businessmen sue Florida over gambling compact with Seminole Tribe

TALLAHASSEE - Two South Florida businessmen and the Orlando-based group No Casinos have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a deal that allows sports betting in Florida, arguing the agreement signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by the Legislature violates the state Constitution and federal laws. The legal challenge, filed Monday in Washington,…

Poker ・ 15 October 2021

Orlando Sentinel

Seminole Tribe seeks dismissal of lawsuit challenging Florida gambling deal

TALLAHASSEE - The Seminole Tribe is trying to scuttle a federal lawsuit challenging a new gambling deal with the state that calls for the tribe to operate sports betting in Florida. Lawyers for the tribe on Tuesday filed court documents seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by two pari-mutuel operations and arguing that the lawsuit should be…

Law ・ 31 August 2021

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Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact

TALLAHASSEE - Now that the Department of the Interior has allowed the gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming being given to the tribe are readying a lawsuit to stop it. The Seminole gaming pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May and allowed to go into effect by the…

Law ・ 12 August 2021

Tampa Bay Times

Seminole Tribe’s gambling compact with Florida approved by U.S. regulators

TALLAHASSEE - Federal regulators on Friday quietly and passively allowed the gambling agreement between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe to take effect, opening the door for sports betting to begin on Oct. 15, and setting off potential battles in court and on the ballot over what direction sports betting will take in Florida. In a…

Law ・ 06 August 2021

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Miami Poker Room, Casino Sue Florida Over Seminole Online Gambling Compact

Miami's Bonita Springs Poker Room and Magic City Casino have filed suit against the state of Florida, seeking to block the state from implementing a wide-reaching online-gambling compact it reached with the Seminole Tribe and approved earlier this year. The complaint, filed on Friday, asserts that the compact violates federal law by "deeming" that…

Poker ・ 06 July 2021

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Magic City Casino Owners Challenge Florida Gambling Compact With Seminole Tribe

Florida's gaming compact with the Seminole tribe has been challenged by a federal lawsuit from the owners of Magic City Casino. The lawsuit alleges that the sports betting component in the compact is based on legal fiction and that it violates the federal law. It was filed last Friday at the U.S. District Court or the Northern District of Florida…

Law ・ 06 July 2021

Sun Sentinel

First lawsuit filed against Florida gambling deal

Two pari-mutuels filed the first federal lawsuit against the state's gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It could be the first of several. The lawsuit, filed Friday by the owners of Magic City Casino in Miami and Bonita Springs Poker Room, argues that the sports betting deal violates the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, or IGRA,…

Law ・ 06 July 2021

Tampa Bay Times

Florida lawsuit challenges new Seminole gambling compact

TALLAHASSEE - One of Florida's oldest parimutuel companies, owner of Miami's Magic City Casino and the Bonita Springs Poker Room, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida gaming compact between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, alleging that the sports betting component is a based on "legal fiction" that violates federal…

Law ・ 05 July 2021