this Court cannot accept that fiction,’’ Friedrich wrote.

“Although the Compact ‘deem’ all sports betting to occur at the location of the Tribe’s ‘sports book’ and supporting servers. Florida’s attempt to claim that sports betting was occurring on Indian lands by having all bets going through a server on tribal property was a “fiction,” she said. Department of the Interior, the Seminoles agreed to pay the state at least $2.5 billion over the first five years in exchange for having control over sports betting in the state and being allowed to add roulette and craps to the tribe’s casino operations.įriedrich concluded that the compact violates the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which requires that any state-sanctioned gambling must occur on tribal land. Ron DeSantis, and approved by the Florida Legislature and the Secretary of the U.S.

Under the 30-year gaming compact signed by Gov.