But the Seminoles did not comment on whether they planned to start accepting bets again on the app.Īlso, it was not clear if the pari-mutuels would ask the U.S. Gary Bitner, a spokesman for the Seminoles, said Tuesday the tribe was 'pleased' with the appeals court’s decision not to grant the en banc hearing. The Seminoles briefly rolled out the Hard Rock SportsBook mobile app amid the legal wrangling but stopped accepting wagers and deposits on the app in December 2021 following Friedrich’s ruling. The impact of Monday’s ruling on sports betting in Florida was not immediately clear. The three-judge panel’s unanimous ruling in June said the Washington, D.C.-based district judge erred when she found that the compact violated the federal law, known as IGRA, because it authorized gambling 'both on and off' Indian lands. The Department of the Interior, which oversees tribal gambling, appealed the decision.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was wrong when she allowed the deal to go into effect. Here's what students and parents need to knowįriedrich, calling the setup a 'fiction,' also invalidated other parts of the compact, finding that U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the plan ran afoul of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which regulates gambling on tribal lands, because the deal would allow gambling off property owned by the Seminoles. The deal, known as a compact, said bets 'using a mobile app or other electronic device, shall be deemed to be exclusively conducted by the tribe.' The deal included a 'hub-and-spoke' sports-betting plan designed to allow gamblers anywhere in the state to place bets online, with the bets run through computer servers on tribal property. After the deal was ratified by the Legislature, the Magic City and Bonita Springs pari-mutuel owners filed a lawsuit alleging the sports-betting plan violated federal law and would cause a 'significant and potentially devastating impact' on their operations. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola in 2021 signed a 30-year gambling deal that included giving the tribe control of sports betting. Sign up for NBC South Florida newsletters. Get South Florida local news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.

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