'At most, plaintiffs identify highly speculative, hypothetical injuries that turn in part on plaintiffs' own decision whether to participate in the online sports betting program to which they object. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and her agency as defendants, the federal government's lawyers argued that the plaintiffs lack standing because they failed to 'adequately allege an actual or certainly impending injury that derives from the compact becoming effective by operation of law.' In seeking dismissal of the lawsuit that names U.S. Under the agreement, known as a compact, the Seminoles will serve as the host for sports betting and contract with pari-mutuels that would get a cut of online bets placed using the pari-mutuels' mobile apps. and later ratified by the Legislature, opens the door for the first time to sports betting in Florida. The gambling agreement, signed in April by DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. The Havenick family, which has owned both facilities for more than five decades, filed a similar lawsuit in July against the state in federal court in Tallahassee. Rick Scott cant negotiate something new.

As Florida lawmakers appear ready to allow key portions of the states high-stakes gambling deal with the Seminole to expire, other gambling interests are watching keenly for openings in the multi-billion dollar industry if the tribe and Gov. 9, 2011 file photo, patrons play poker at the Magic City Casino in Miami.

Owners of Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida contend in the lawsuit, filed against the federal agency that oversees tribal gambling, that the sports-betting plan violates federal laws and will cause a 'significant and potentially devastating' impact on their businesses.

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