'Some competing gaming operators brought a lawsuit arguing that this compact violated federal law because the authorization of online sports betting went beyond what federal law permitted, which was only to regulate gaming on Indian land,” Daniel Wallach, a South Florida gaming and sports betting attorney, said. Online sports betting in Florida has been put on pause for the past two years, after going live for only about three weeks in the fall of 2021. (CBS12) - A win for the Seminole Tribe of Florida after a Washington, D.C.-based appellate court refused to stop a 30-year deal that gives the tribe exclusive rights to provide sports betting in the state on Thursday, but despite the win, legal hurdles still remain.
