“Under Florida’s constitution, the People retain ultimate power,” the pari-mutuel companies contend in their latest filing. The only exception to needing voter approval is an expansion on tribal lands. The companies also argued that sports betting and Seminole table games violate the Federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the 1988 federal law that regulates tribal gaming across the country.įlorida’s Amendment 3, which received about 70 percent of the vote, requires a constitutional amendment started from a citizen-created petition to authorize expansion of casino gambling. READ MORE: Florida voters pass Amendment 3, say we want to decide on gambling

“It should exercise it to vindicate the People’s exclusive right to control the expansion of casino gambling in Florida,” the companies argued in the recent filing. 23 court filings with the Florida Supreme Court, they contend the pact violates Amendment 3, which Floridians approved in 2018 in a statewide referendum and requires voters to decide whether to authorize casino gambling in Florida. Supreme Court’s lifting of the stay, the pari-mutuel companies, West Flagler Associates, which holds three jai-alai licenses, and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp., which operates a poker room in southwest Florida, didn’t take long to forge a second path attempting to stop the agreement. Florida Supreme Court is the new battleground

Repeated calls by the Herald this week to attorneys representing the Havenicks in Miami and Tallahassee were not returned. “The Governor exceeded his authority by entering into a compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida granting the Tribe the exclusive right to offer off-reservation online and in-person sports betting throughout the entire state and by signing legislation ratifying the 2021 Compact and making such wagers legal statewide,” the petition states. In the family’s latest challenge to the pact between DeSantis and the Seminoles before the state’s Supreme Court, they argue that the only people who have the right to decide if gambling should be permitted off Seminole land are voters. READ MORE: DWade, Estefans, star rappers launch sports betting, table games at Hard Rock Casino

Mike Tyson poses for a selfie with model Brooks Nader after they placed sports bets during the launch event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Thursday, Dec.

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