“This exigency has been created by the launch of the Seminole Tribe’s mobile betting application on November 7, 2023, without prior warning,” the attorneys wrote in a 15-page motion. With the case pending, attorneys for the pari-mutuel companies Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to “immediately suspend the sports betting provisions” of a law that carried out the gambling deal. READ MORE: Seminole Tribe of Florida is ready to take next steps to expand sports betting The companies contend that the sports-betting part of the deal violates a 2018 constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of casino gambling. The pari-mutuel companies filed a petition in September at the Supreme Court challenging part of a gambling deal between the state and the tribe that would allow online sports betting. filed a motion at the Supreme Court hours after the tribe quietly began allowing some gamblers to place wagers on the sports-betting app anywhere in Florida.
The attorneys for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. After the Seminole Tribe relaunched a sports-betting app, attorneys for two pari-mutuel companies Tuesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt the online wagering as a legal battle continues to play out.
