Online sports betting could begin as early as Monday in Florida.

 

MIAMI – In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports betting. In the five years since then, nearly 40 states have legalized some form of sports betting. Florida is in the minority. 아시안커넥트 추천

Daniel Wallach, a South Florida gambling advocate and adjunct professor at the University of Miami, said things have largely changed in 2021.

In 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis entered into a gaming agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida to operate exclusively sports betting in the state. 해외 배팅사이트 먹튀검증

  "The 2021 agreement that gave the Seminole Tribe statewide control of all sports betting, including online sports betting, meant they knew there would be litigation," Wallach said. .

A lawsuit was filed by West Flagler Associates, which owned Miami's Magic City Casino until February. Wallach said he argued the agreement violated federal law, which had previously been interpreted to limit the agreement to tribal lands. They argued that the Internet was not among them. 아시안커넥트 IGX 골프배팅

  "At this point, the Tribe had already been operating online sports betting for a little over a month and was forced to suspend its online sports betting operations," he said. Fast forward to the present when a federal judge decided not to re-hear the case against the state`s "gamin compact." "The federal court judge in Washington DC handed a victory, at least a victory at this juncture, to the Seminole Tribe," Wallach said. Unless West Flagler Associates files an appeal at the state level or to the Supreme Court, the Seminoles win big time. "Their expected revenues on online sports betting will be measured in the billions on an annual basis," Wallach said. "They stand to become the biggest winner in the United States for online sports betting because in no other state of even comparable size, does a single operator control all of sports betting." The US Supreme Court takes less than 4% of cases asked of them, but Wallach does believe there's a higher chance for this case to be taken because there have been many conflicting cases in lower federal courts on whether the federal government allows states to negotiate online gaming contracts with tribes. The Seminole Tribe of Florida would not comment on if and when they plan on accepting bets again but said they are pleased with the judges' decision. CBS Miami also asked West Flagler Associates whether it would appeal the decision, but did not receive a response.