Florida Senate ratifies historic compact with Seminole Tribe
SB 2-A takes effect only if approved by the United States Department of the Interior
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 2-A, Implementation of the 2021 Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida on Tuesday.
The legislation ratifies the 2021 Gaming Compact executed by the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida on April 23, 2021, as amended on May 17, 2021.
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If a court strikes down the provision opening the state to legalized sports betting, the Tribe has agreed to keep paying the state in order to continue its other new games â such as roulette and craps.
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On the second day of a week-long special session to ratify the agreement between the state and Seminole Tribe, a House committee and the full Senate voted to create a new state agency called the Gaming Control Commission and agreed to allow the Tribe to offer online sports betting as well as full casino games in exchange for at least $500 million a year in payments to the state for the next 30 years.
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May 14 TALLAHASSEE Gov. Ron DeSantis, a nationally ascendant Republican, is close to nailing down a long-sought gaming deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would expand gaming in tribal facilities and usher online sports betting into the state for the first time.
The gaming compact if ratified by the state Legislature next week and later approved by federal regulators would make Florida the largest state in the nation to legalize sports betting, and the Tribe would be the exclusive operator of the digital sports books in Florida for the next 30 years. The Tribe would also be allowed to build three more casinos on tribal property in coming years.