NATIVE NEWS: US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Sports Betting Case Against Seminoles

By Alexandra Glorioso

Tampa Bay Times / Herald

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TALLAHASSEE — Online sports betting in Florida is here to stay for now, and the Seminole Tribe of Florida owns it, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to the tribe’s negotiated gambling agreement with the state.

The tribe’s monopoly over online sports betting will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars a year to both the Seminoles and the state, money Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature have largely put toward environmental conservation efforts.

“The Seminole Tribe of Florida applauds today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to decline consideration of the case involving the Tribe’s Gaming Compact with the State of Florida,” Gary Bitner, spokesperson for the tribe, wrote the Times/Herald by email on Monday. “It means members of the Seminole Tribe and all Floridians can count on a bright future made possible by the Compact.”

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