Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court appears to be last chance to stop Seminole sports betting control

A Florida Pari-Mutuel owner is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and stop the Seminole Tribe’s monopoly on sports betting control in Florida. An appeals court refused to reconsider an earlier ruling sparked the new chapter in the long-running legal battle, alleging the hub-and-spoke betting scheme violates federal law. Mobile sports betting is so ubiquitous that at least one former opponent has given up on trying to fight it in Florida. TALL

AHASSEE — Arguing that the outcome of the case could represent a “blueprint for expanding gaming outside of Indian lands,” a Florida pari-mutuel owner plans to ask

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