A federal judge has overturned Florida’s sports betting deal with the Seminole Tribe. It was ruled that the sports betting plan was in violation of both the Florida state constitution and federal Indian gambling law. United States District Judge Dabney Friedrich is the one who ruled to stop the Seminole Tribe’s online sports betting plan, which had launched on Nov. 1.
According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Seminole Tribe, which has an online sports gambling operation through Hard Rock Sportsbook in the state, filed an appeal on the decision on Tuesday. Friedrich’s ruling specifically called out that sports betting is allowed to occur in the state from any device through the servers on Seminole tribal land.
According to Friedrich, the part about the location of the servers violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.