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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.

After more than two years of legal wrangling about a 2021 deal with Florida that allowed the Seminoles to offer online sports betting anywhere in the state, Seminole Tribe leaders said they plan to roll out sports betting in December.

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.

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

The federal government this week took the first step in appealing a judge’s decision that scrapped a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control over sports wagering in the state.

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.

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.

Organizers hope it will usher in a new chapter of indigenous art in South Florida, and also encourage more young tribal artists to participate in the broader art scene.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is appealing a federal judge's decision to block its deal with the state to expand gambling and online sports betting throughout Florida.

The gambling deal includes allowing people throughout the state to use mobile devices to place sports bets that are run through computer servers on tribal property. But a key issue in the lawsuit is whether the IGRA allows the Seminoles to accept bets that are placed off tribal property.

Gov. Ron DeSantis opened the door to sports betting in Florida - viewed as one of the nation’s most-fertile grounds for digital wagering - through a deal signed with tribe Chairman Marcelus Osceola Jr.

Florida lawmakers have signed off on a gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that’s expected to bring in about $2.5 billion dollars in the first five years. Now that the deal is sealed, some are asking just how that money will be spent.