Politics & Government
Feds Argue Florida's Seminole Tribe Gambling Deal Should Get Go-Ahead
The deal opened the door for the first time to sports betting in the third-largest state in the country.
August 22, 2022
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.
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A U.S. Department of the Interior brief filed Wednesday offered a full-throated defense of the Biden administration's decision to allow the gambling agreement, known as a compact, to go into effect.
The deal, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola, Jr. and ratified by the Florida Legislature in a special session last year, opened the door for the first time to sports betting in the third-largest state in the country.
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