Las Vegas Sands' Attempt To Let Voters Decide Casino Fate Derailed
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The political committee funded by DraftKings and FanDuel didn't have enough signatures to get on the 2022 Florida ballot. Las Vegas Sands Corp. funded Florida Voters in Charge with $51.5 million. The committee spent $45.7 million on its campaign. On Monday, Las Las Vecas filed a lawsuit in Leon County Court. It claims it has more than enough valid signatures. Florida Elections supervisors have 60 days to verify signatures collected on or before Dec. 3 and 30 days between Dec., 4 and Feb. 1. The lawsuit contends that the law doesn't make sense.
The secretary of state's office says that any petition signatures collected before April 8, 2020 would be invalid as of Feb. 1, 2022. The Seminole Tribe, which has a monopoly on gaming in Florida, asked voters to sign a petition in support of its compact and right to offer gaming. Voters were overwhelmed with gambling proposal choices and some were scared away from signature-gathering locations. Las Vegas Sands sued companies contracting with the Seminoles, but they were found guilty of harassing and paying off petition gatherers.
