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The Week In Sports Betting News: Hard Rock Shuts Florida Down; What’s Next?

Happy start of the week to everyone, especially to those that praised LSR for its consistent and fair coverage of sports betting news at last week’s SBC Summit North America in New Jersey. The conference itself did not generate much actual news – panelists tend to stick to PR-approved snippets, after all – but news […] Read More

Posted on: December 7, 2021 | | Matthew Waters

Florida Sports Betting On Ice As Hard Rock Pulls Sportsbook App

Hard Rock Sportsbook said Saturday it had to “temporarily suspend operations” after several court rulings against sports betting in Florida. Read More

Posted on: December 6, 2021 | | Brad Allen

Waiting To See If The Florida Sports Betting Tap Is Turned Off

A motion to the D.C. Court of Appeals by the Seminole Tribe of Florida following the denial of the Tribe’s motion for a stay of the ruling that the newly signed Compact with Governor Ron DeSantis governing sports betting violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) is on an expedited schedule. The emergency motion filed […] Read More

Posted on: December 1, 2021 | | John Holden

Opinion: Wishing A Not-So-Happy Birthday To The Wire Act

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to the Wire Act. Oh, wait, no: we do not wish the Wire Act a happy birthday. The statute passed as part of the Kennedy administration’s war on organized crime turned 60 this year, and it is time for a new look. How did we get […] Read More

Posted on: December 1, 2021 | | John Holden

Seminole Tribe Files Again For Stay Of Florida Sports Betting Ruling

After the Seminole Tribe of Florida‘s motion to stay District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich‘s Florida sports betting ruling was denied last week, the tribe wasted no time seeking a stay from the D.C. Court of Appeals. The emergency motion was filed on Thanksgiving by Seminole Tribe attorney Barry Richard. It asks that the D.C. Court […] Read More

Posted on: November 29, 2021 | | John Holden

Opinion: End Of The Beginning In Florida Sports Betting Litigation

Most of the sports betting world settled in to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trounce the New York Giants in Florida on Monday Night Football this week. Meanwhile, the District Court website for the District of Columbia was busy posting decisions After more than a week’s delay from the original date for a decision of […] Read More

Posted on: November 24, 2021 | | John Holden

The Week In Sports Betting News: Florida Ruling Surprises

Happy Monday, everyone. Sports betting news will be a bit slower than usual with Thanksgiving this week but there are still plenty of stories to follow for the rest of the year. One of those stories is how the ruling out of the US District Court for the District of Columbia will impact Florida sports […] Read More

Posted on: November 22, 2021 | | Matthew Waters

Florida Sports Betting Case Gets New Argument From Federal Government

New arguments are in from the federal government in the ongoing court case involving the legality of the compact between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe, which has legalized sports betting in the state. Read More

Posted on: November 10, 2021 | | John Holden

Florida Sports Betting Hearing Pushes Timeline Into Next Week

Earlier today was the first oral hearing challenging the newly minted and now-launched compact governing Florida sports betting. Though scheduled for Federal Court in the District of Columbia, the hearing took place over Zoom and was available on an audio feed for the public meant that anyone in the country could listen in. The hearing […] Read More

Posted on: November 5, 2021 | | John Holden

Challenge To Florida Sports Betting Compact Gets More Briefs

The Seminole Tribe of Florida made headlines this week when their Hard Rock Digital partners quietly launched sports betting. Their sports betting app is now live in the Sunshine State. The launch came as a surprise only because of a document filed in the D.C.-based litigation challenging the validity of the Compact. However, the Seminole […] Read More

Posted on: November 4, 2021 | | John Holden