Politics & Government
Florida Rivals Ask Courts To Stop Online Sports Gambling Off Seminole's Tribal Lands
The companies sued Deb Haaland, secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, which oversees tribal gambling.
March 11,, 2024
The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from online sports betting this decade, thanks to a compact between the tribe and Gov. Ron DeSantis that gave the tribe exclusive rights to run sports wagers as well as casino gambling on its reservations.
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But are these online wagers on the outcome of sporting events legally on tribal land, when really only the computer servers are located there, accepting bets made using mobile phones and computers from anywhere in Florida?
That's a question two of the tribe's gaming competitors are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will take up soon and answer with a definitive "no."
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