Ain\u2019t no sunshine:<\/strong> Late yesterday a judge in the US District of Columbia nullified the compact between the Seminole and the state of Florida and put the future of sports-betting in the state into doubt. The 25-page judgment from Judge Dabney L. Friedrich puts a stop to Hard Rock\u2019s mobile offering in the state and also calls into question other elements of the deal struck with Gov. Ron DeSantis related to land-based gaming.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough the Compact \u2018deem[s]\u2019 all sports betting to occur at the location of the Tribe\u2019s \u2018sports book[s]\u2019 and supporting servers… this Court cannot accept that fiction,\u2019\u2019 Friedrich wrote. \u201cWhen a federal statute authorizes an activity only at specific locations, parties may not evade that limitation by \u2018deeming\u2019 their activity to occur where it, as a factual matter, does not.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Back where we started:<\/strong> The ball is now firmly in the court of the state and the Seminole with Friedrich ordering the state \u201cto reinstate the Tribe\u2019s prior gaming compact, which took effect in 2010\u2033 and suggested that the governor and Tribe \u201cmay agree to a new compact, with the Secretary\u2019s approval, that allows online gaming solely on Indian lands.<\/p>\n \u201cAlternatively, Florida citizens may authorize across their State through a citizens\u2019 initiative,\u201d Friedrich wrote.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Do you believe in magic?<\/strong> The judgment is a victory for the Magic City Casino and Bonita Springs Poker Room card rooms that challenged the terms of the compact as well as the No Casinos lobby group. Both the state and the tribe are likely to appeal the decision but timelines on that are highly uncertain. Recall, DraftKings and FanDuel have a ballot measure lined up for the midterm elections next November.<\/p>\n Further reading:<\/strong> Miami Herald<\/a>, Tampa Bay Times<\/a>, LegalSportsReport.com<\/a>, USBets.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Florida sports-betting nixed by courts Ain\u2019t no sunshine: Late yesterday a judge in the US District of Columbia nullified the compact between the Seminole and the state of Florida and put the future of sports-betting in the state into doubt. The 25-page judgment from Judge Dabney L. Friedrich puts a stop to Hard Rock\u2019s mobile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[342,324],"tags":[792,791,745,790],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news","tag-deutsche-bank","tag-elys-technology","tag-genius-sports","tag-hard-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338,"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagers.com\/staging\/4285\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Additional articles available today on Earnings + More:<\/h3>\n
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