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The Biden administration and the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked a deal that would give the tribe control over sports betting in the state.

Florida gaming regulators refuse to sign off on the sale of Magic City Casino, one of the state’s oldest pari-mutuels, to an Alabama-based Native American tribe.

The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to reinstate a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida.

Gambling on sports has becoming a billion-dollar industry in the U.S. But critics warn that the torrent of ads — and limited regulation — could pose risks for problem gamblers and young people.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants the state Supreme Court to issue an opinion about the validity of a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand gambling, even though he measure has not qualified for the November ballot.

What was once a niche sector in Las Vegas has grown into a national mega-business that people can enjoy from their living rooms — and the advertising dollars have followed.

A federal judge said justifying online sports betting because it used servers on tribal land was a "fiction." Now the federal government says it will appeal the ruling.

Gambling on sports is off the table in Florida, at least for now, after the Seminole Tribe suspended its online sports-betting operations Saturday morning.

The legality of sports betting in Florida remained uncertain Wednesday, as the Seminole Tribe escalated efforts to keep intact a deal giving it control over online sports wagering following a judge’s ruling that the agreement violates federal law.

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The emergency motion comes after a U.S. district judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the gambling deal between the state and the tribe violated federal law.

In denying the stay, Friedrich wrote, in part, that a stay during an appeal is an “extraordinary remedy” and that the tribe did not meet legal tests to justify it.