The Florida Sports Betting Initiative is over 600,000 verified signatures short of the required amount to appear on the 2022 general election ballot. Florida Education Champions, the backer of the ballot initiative, must submit the remaining signatures by early January in order to finish the … Read more
President Joe Biden is seeing his betting odds to win the 2024 presidential election lengthen significantly as a result of poor approval ratings on a variety of subjects. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ betting odds are surging and now tied with Biden for the second-best to … Read more
Florida Voters In Charge filed a notice to the court Saturday that they will withdraw an emergency notice for injunction to block the Seminole Tribe from interfering with their efforts. The move comes after Leon County Circuit Court Judge Angela Dempsey refused to stop the … Read more
A report from Politico claims that the Seminole Tribe of Florida has been sabotaging signature-gathering efforts for multiple voter’s initiatives regarding sports betting and gaming. According to sources familiar with the matter, the tribe has been providing financial incentives for signature-gatherers to quit their role … Read more
The Seminole Hard Rock Sportsbook has finally stopped accepting wagers, weeks after a ruling declared it illegal. The app itself claims that it remains committed to “building the best place for sports betting in Florida.” TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s one active sportsbook app has been … Read more
Ulrich Mäurer plans to propose new rules that would ban all sports betting advertisements in Germany at the Conference of Federal States’ Interior Ministers in December. Google has pulled all sports betting advertisements from Florida after judge Dabney Friedrich ruled the updated Seminole Gaming Compact … Read more
The Seminole Tribe of Florida was denied a stay on sports betting during the appeal process. The Seminoles are appealing Federal Judge Dabney Friedrich’s decision to shut down sports betting in Florida. The stay would have allowed the Hard Rock sports betting app to continue … Read more
*edit: Near the bottom of the article, we claimed the “Florida Sports Betting Initiative” was sponsored by Florida Voters In Charge. The initiative is sponsored by Florida Education Champions.* Federal district court judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole … Read more
Walt Disney Corporation CEO Bob Chapek announced Disney’s plans to “aggressively expand” into the sports betting world during the company’s Q4 earnings call. The announcement is a reversal of Disney’s current position, as they have spent over $2.3 million in contributions to Florida’s top anti-sports-betting … Read more
Florida residents can now place wagers with their phones on the Hard Rock Sportsbook app. The court hearing about sports betting will take place on November 5. John Sowinski is confident that his lawsuit will be successful, and app may have to cease. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. … Read more
Under the Seminole Tribe’s Gaming Compact with Florida, pari-mutuel facilities can offer sports betting in partnership with the Seminole Tribe, who was granted an exclusivity agreement. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s Seminole Tribe has reached an agreement with five pari-mutuel facilities to offer sports betting when … Read more
Federal District Judge Allen Winsor ruled in favor of the State Department Secretary Julie Brown and Governor Ron DeSantis in the lawsuit challenging the Florida gaming compact. The Joe Biden administration issued the request for the case to be dismissed but there is still one … Read more