sports betting

From revenue to consumer protections, a look at the landscape of legal sports betting one year after its rollout in Florida.

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.

Amid a celebrity-fueled launch of new casino games, the Tribe intends to resume making payments as part of a 30-year deal that includes giving the Tribe control over sports betting.

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

After the Seminole Tribe relaunched a sports-betting app, attorneys for two pari-mutuel companies asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt the online wagering as a legal battle continues to play 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.

A pari-mutuel owner asked the Florida Supreme Court to block a plan that would allow the Seminole Tribe to operate sports betting throughout the state, arguing it would violate a constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of expanded gambling.

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.

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.

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.

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.