- The complaint treats Robins as a defendant in his own right, not only the company and its prediction-market subsidiary.
- The Tribe says its 2021 compact reserves sports betting to Hard Rock Bet, and that DraftKings takes wagers from Floridians under the compact’s minimum age of 21.
- Five counts, including racketeering against Robins, seek an injunction against Pick6 and the sports tab, plus return of DraftKings’ Florida profits.
- DraftKings says its prediction markets follow the federal Commodity Exchange Act framework and calls Pick6 a peer-to-peer fantasy sports variant.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Pick6 and the sports tab in the DraftKings Florida app are unlawful gambling that intrudes on the exclusivity the Seminole Tribe of Florida holds under its 2021 compact, the Tribe told the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County on Thursday. Its 72-page lawsuit against DraftKings, co-founder and CEO Jason Robins and the subsidiary that trades as DraftKings Predictions asks the court to shut both products down.
Five Counts Rest On Florida Statutes, Not A Compact Breach
The complaint itself brings five counts, and none is a breach-of-compact claim. Count One, against all three defendants, seeks an injunction under a state law that lets a tribe with a compact sue to stop gambling that violates Chapter 849 of the Florida Statutes. Count Two accuses Robins of racketeering under the Florida RICO Act, saying he controls DraftKings and its subsidiary through a dual-class share structure.
Count Three alleges deceptive and unfair trade practices, Count Four alleges unfair competition and Count Five seeks a declaration that both products are illegal gambling.
The Tribe asks for that declaration, an injunction against facilitating sports wagering in Florida, and restitution and disgorgement of profits to fund consumer-protection and problem-gambling programs. It also seeks nominal damages and fees, and puts no dollar figure on the profits.
Pick6 And The Sports Tab Are The Targets
The complaint says DraftKings launched Pick6 in Florida in January 2026. Users predict whether an athlete will do more or less than a DraftKings statistical projection and can combine up to six picks. The Tribe calls that a player prop, which the compact reserves to it, and says Pick6 also takes college props, which the compact does not allow.
The sports tab arrived in June 2026 inside the DraftKings Sports & Casino app. The complaint says its moneylines, spreads, totals, player props and parlays are routed through DraftKings Predictions, which it argues is a sportsbook rather than a true prediction market. DraftKings’ own advertising lists Predictions as 18-plus and its sportsbook as 21-plus in most states, the complaint says, while the compact sets Florida’s minimum at 21. GUS III LLC is the DraftKings subsidiary that trades as DraftKings Predictions.
The 2021 Compact Gives The Tribe Statewide Exclusivity
The compact runs 30 years and carries the April 2021 signatures of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr.; the Legislature then ratified it. The complaint quotes Part III.CC.2 as saying the Tribe “will have statewide exclusivity for sports betting,” with mobile wagers treated as placed at servers on tribal land.
Under the compact, Florida sports betting is limited to the Tribe’s Hard Rock Bet app, and the Tribe guaranteed the state at least $2.5 billion in revenue-share payments over the compact’s first five years. Compact payments to the state came to $1.04 billion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
DraftKings Says Its Markets Follow Federal Law
A DraftKings spokesperson said its prediction markets offering “operates in accordance with applicable law and the federal regulatory framework established under the Commodity Exchange Act.” The statement called Pick6 “a peer-to-peer fantasy sports variant” that “is not sports betting,” and added, “we remain confident in our legal position.”
The complaint answers that defense in advance. It notes that DraftKings holds legal sports betting licenses in about 27 states and Washington, D.C., but none in Florida, and quotes Robins saying customers “do not really even understand the difference” between Predictions and the sportsbook.
The filing also says DraftKings funded earlier challenges to the compact without disclosure, including the Florida sports betting compact lawsuit brought by Protect the Constitution LLC. DraftKings joined that case as a plaintiff Sept. 17, the complaint says.
The Tribe Asks For A Speedy Hearing On Its Declaratory Count
The complaint asks that the case go to Broward’s Complex Business Division and that the court hold a speedy hearing on Count Five. It sets no hearing date. DeSantis said Thursday he had not read the suit and expects “federal decisions, probably at appeals and higher” on whether prediction markets fall under state sports betting rules.
A footnote says the Tribe intends to seek leave to amend the complaint to add punitive damages.
