The Biden administration has called upon the U.S. Supreme Court to allow an appeals court decision to move forward in the legal dispute over sports betting in Florida.
The case involves the Seminole Tribe of Florida and a compact that would have granted the tribe exclusive rights to provide online sports betting in the state. On October 12th, Chief Justice John Roberts placed a temporary stay on the appeals-court ruling. This stay came about following a request for a stay made by the pari-mutuel companies that are challenging the tribe’s exclusive sports betting deal.
At the time, the Chief Justice requested that the Department of the Interior file a response to the stay request.
Department of Interior Response
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has since filed a 29-page response disputing arguments raised by the pari-mutuel companies. She stated that it is unlikely the Supreme Court will challenge the appeals court ruling.
U.S. Government Wants Florida Sports Betting Case to Move Forward U.S. Government Wants Florida Sports Betting Case to Move Forward. U.S. Government Wants Florida Sports Betting Case to Move Forward“The gaming activities on Indian lands, of course, must be separately authorized under IGRA,” the solicitor general wrote. “But there is no apparent reason why a tribal-state compact that authorizes gaming activities on Indian lands under IGRA cannot also include provisions that concern the state’s (independent and non-IGRA) authorization to conduct directly related gaming activities in the state on non-Indian lands, even though IGRA and the tribal-state compact would not independently authorize those related activities.
U.S. Government Wants Florida Sports Betting Case to Move Forward
