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The tribe announced that it was partnering with West Flagler Associates and the Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. for a comprehensive agreement. As part of the settlement, the companies have agreed to end litigation against the tribe’s gaming operations and instead will begin a new partnership to offer Jai Alai wagering on the tribe’s Hard Rock Bet app.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that could set aside about $750 million a year from Florida's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe for conservation work. Critics are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw it out.

As online gambling gets easier to access and harder to control, Florida's Counsel on Compulsive Gambling is hoping for some help from Florida lawmakers.

The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida are raking in millions of dollars from online sports betting, thanks to a compact that gave the tribe exclusive rights to run sports wagers and casino gambling on its reservations.

The bill dubbed compact to conserve is on it way to the governor's desk.

Legislative leaders have agreed to use hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects.

Some of the cases that will go before the state Supreme Court involve ballot referendums, with issues including abortion and marijuana. The court will also hear a challenge over a new redistricting map.

It has been a long journey to open Florida for sports betting with high stakes for the state and the Seminole Tribe.

The Seminole Tribe has faced lawsuits in the Florida Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court over its newly relaunched sports betting app.

The Biden administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow an appeals-court ruling to move forward in a battle about whether the Seminole Tribe of Florida should be able to offer online sports betting throughout the state.

A federal appeals court has denied a request from pari-mutuel owners for a rehearing. A summer ruling upheld a multibillion-dollar deal giving the Seminoles control over sports betting throughout the state.

In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state.