by Brett Crown | May 4, 2022 9:01 am | Sports Betting
The Florida Seminole Tribe has stopped paying the state of Florida based on their defunct 2021 gambling compact. Deciding to stop paying the compact may violate the very same compact, and may cost them the exclusive right to offer sports betting in Florida....
by Jerad Paparella | Apr 22, 2022 1:28 pm | Legal
Former presidential candidate and current Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke voiced his support for legal sports betting in Texas this week. O’Rourke is running a campaign against incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott; O’Rourke is considered a longshot to...
by Jerad Paparella | Apr 13, 2022 1:46 pm | Legal
Monterra AF – a group formed to oppose what they called an illegal gambling expansion in Florida – filed a suit in the U.S. District Court of Appeals on Sunday. The case argues – among other points – that since Judge Dabney Friedrich’s ruling...
by Jerad Paparella | Apr 6, 2022 12:54 pm | Legal
The Las Vegas Sands-backed Florida Voters In Charge Initiative – which would have allowed for casinos in North Florida – has officially failed and the initiative will not appear on the 2022 ballot. The Seminole Tribe – who stood in strong opposition...
by Jerad Paparella | Mar 11, 2022 1:12 pm | Legal
The Seminole Tribe of Florida released a YouTube video on Thursday thanking the voters of Florida for not supporting commercial sportsbook ballot initiatives. The video’s release is the latest part of a long and complicated battle between the Seminole Tribe of Florida...
