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Hard Rock CEO Jim Allen hasn't shied away from the desire to bring online casinos to Florida. While Hard Rock is the lone legal online sports betting operator in Florida, offering a legal mobile casino app brings major revenue increases into play for mobile casino app operators. "That [revenue] number gets significantly higher if iGaming gets…

Law ・ 21 June 2024

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New casino games launch this week, tribe resumes gambling payments to Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Amid a celebrity-fueled launch of new casino games this week, the Seminole Tribe intends to resume making payments to the state as part of a 30-year deal that included giving the tribe control over sports betting. Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and chairman of Hard Rock International, told The News Service on Friday that the…

Law ・ 10 December 2023

Miami Times Online

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

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Seminole Gambling Deal Gets Big Win

In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a November 2021 decision by a…

Law ・ 03 July 2023

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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

South Florida Caribbean News

What is the Current State of the Florida Casino Drive

Despite the great effort, the Florida Casino Gaming Expansion Initiative will not be on the ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8th, 2022, as it didn't get enough signatures. Of the required 891586 signatures by 5 pm on February 1st, 814212 signatures were obtained. A now failed initiative was originally designed…

Mobile ・ 22 February 2022

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Florida working to set up new gambling regulator as gaming future uncertainty remains

While a federal court thwarted Florida's 2021 gambling expansion plans, the Florida Senate is moving forward with the creation of the Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC). This commission will regulate expanded gambling, if and when it finally makes its way to the state. The November 22 court rejection of the gaming compact between the Seminole…

Law ・ 18 February 2022

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Federal Judge Throws Out Florida’s Gambling Agreement With Seminole Tribe

A federal judge has thrown out a gambling agreement Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed with the Seminole Tribe. In her Monday ruling, Judge Dabney L. Friedrich said the compact violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by illegally expanding gambling in the state. At a news conference Tuesday morning, DeSantis said he hadn't seen the judge's ruling…

Sports ・ 23 November 2021

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Seminole Tribe Trying To Block Rival Gambling Proposals

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - After nailing down a deal that gave it control over sports betting in the state, the Seminole Tribe is trying to clinch its status as Florida's "800-pound" gambling gorilla by squashing two proposed constitutional amendments backed by potential competitors. .And with billions of dollars at stake, the tribe is prepared…

Law ・ 02 November 2021

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Florida Seminole gambling compact reinforces a monopoly

The U.S. Department of the Interior took no action to approve or disapprove a gaming compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida, according to an Aug. 6 letter. As a result, the tribe gained exclusive rights to casino gaming and sports betting as initially approved by the Florida legislature on May 19. The compact grants…

Politics ・ 25 October 2021

Florida Politics

No Casinos, others sue to stop Seminole Compact

No Casinos asks a federal court to declare the Compact in violation of state, federal laws. Charging that the new Seminole Compact is a clear violation of the Florida Constitution and several federal laws, No Casinos and others filed suit Monday in federal court to block it. The suit asks a judge to set aside Florida's approval of the new 30-year…

Law ・ 04 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

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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

Florida News Times

Feds Should Dismiss Florida and Seminole Tribe’s Gambling Deal

Florida approved sports betting through a compact signed with the Seminole Tribe on April 23, 2021. The compact made both the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe are happy as the compact is expected to boost state revenue by $2.5 billion in the next few years. While the gaming compact has kept both sides happy, it still requires federal…

Law ・ 20 August 2021

WJHG

Seminole Compact legal challenge coming

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - Now that the Department of Interior has allowed the gaming compact between the State and Seminole Tribe to go into effect, opponents of the increased gaming being given to the tribe are readying a suit to stop it. The Seminole Gaming Pact was signed in April, approved by lawmakers in May, and allowed to go…

Law ・ 15 August 2021

Orlando Sentinel

Florida gambling deal passes federal review

A key federal agency will not block a sweeping gambling deal Gov. Ron DeSantis signed with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, opening the door for sports betting to start as soon as Oct. 15 in Florida and setting the stage for a legal showdown over the issue. The agreement allows the Seminole Tribe to offer statewide online sports betting in…

Land-based ・ 07 August 2021

Florida Phoenix

Massive gambling compact approved; expansion of gambling poised to change FL landscape

It's official. Federal authorities green-lighted Florida's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Friday, marking the start of a new cultural era by allowing digital gambling statewide for the first time in Florida history. The 30-year compact, worth $2.5 billion to the state of Florida in just the first five years, was ratified by…

Finance ・ 09 August 2021

Florida Phoenix

Clock is running down on federal decision about multibillion FL/Seminole Tribe gambling compact

While Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus Osceola signed an expansive gambling agreement last spring with great fanfare, the final word on the multibillion-dollar deal could be delivered in silence. Thursday marks the end of the 45-day review period during which the U.S. Department of Interior, and specifically its Bureau of…

Poker ・ 26 August 2021

WJHG

Gambling interests eyeing Florida’s 2022 ballot

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - The signing of an exclusive, 30-year gambling deal, including sports betting, with the Seminole Tribe has major out-of-state companies seeking to expand gambling on the 2022 ballot. Tens of millions are already earmarked for petition gathering efforts for at least three amendments. Big out-of-state…

Movies ・ 19 July 2021

Addiction Center

The Controversial Seminole Tribe's Gambling Deal

Months ago, Florida legislators approved a congressional package that dramatically expanded gambling in the state. The agreement will generate Florida $6 billion through 2030 and $2.5 billion over the next 5 years. The deal was met with a plethora of criticism and support. But as of recently, the news was forgotten by most until last week. On July…

Roulette ・ 13 July 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

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

Florida News Times

Will Florida's Online Gambling Laws be Changed?

Like a number of US states, the authorities in Florida tend to adopt drastically different approaches when regulating on and offline gambling within their boundaries. While Florida is comparatively liberal when it comes to wagering at brick-and-mortar establishments, for example, its laws have historically been stringent and less forgiving when it…

Law ・ 29 June 2021

Islander News

DeSantis signs gambling bills into law

On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation ratifying Florida's gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which could bring sports betting to Florida plus craps, roulette, and similar casino games, provided the federal government approves the agreement. One of the bills (SB 2-A) approves a 30-year compact signed by DeSantis…

Law ・ 26 May 2021

Wink News

Florida reaches new gambling agreement with Seminole Tribe

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reached an agreement with the Seminole Tribe on Friday that would greatly expand gambling in the state, including the introduction of legalized sports wagering. Sports betting, craps and roulette haven't been a part of Florida casinos until now. This means online and in-person sports betting. Governor DeSantis met with the…

Sports ・ 07 May 2021