Florida Sports Betting - Legal Status

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Hard Rock Bet has actually gone back to Florida, with a full-scale state-wide launch happening on Dec. 5, 2023. Here's a timeline of Florida's sports betting journey to date:


Nov. 19, 2025: Florida lawmakers advanced H.B. 189, which would make operating or promoting non-Seminole online sports betting or iGaming a felony and taking part in it a misdemeanor.


Nov. 12, 2025: Florida lawmakers are restoring legislation that would make it a felony to put sports bets while knowing the outcome is fixed.


Oct. 30, 2025: Acid Rock Bet has actually introduced brand-new "Games powered by Past Motor Races" in Florida, letting users bet on results of genuine past races in a slot-like style.


Oct. 7, 2025: The NBA's Orlando Magic has named Hard Rock Bet its main sportsbook in a new multiyear partnership that will begin with the upcoming 2025-26 season.


Aug. 11, 2025: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced a multi-year partnership with Hard Rock Bet, giving the sports betting operator exclusive marketing and engagement opportunities.


June 11, 2025: After previously being a longshot, Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett is now the wagering favorite to declare the Conn Smythe Trophy, granted to the MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, at most sportsbooks over ruling winner Connor McDavid and veteran Brad Marchand.


May 6, 2025: Florida lawmakers have withdrawn bills targeted at restricting sweepstakes gambling establishments and non-tribal sports wagering.


April 16, 2025: A costs banning sweepstakes video gaming and increasing unlawful gambling charges passed another important Senate committee in Florida.


March 26, 2025: A Florida Senate committee passed an expense by an 8-0 vote that proposes charges for using inside info for sports betting, in addition to engaging in online betting the state's Seminole Tribe does not use.


March 19, 2025: Acid rock Bet reveals its new 'Battle of the Bets' project with a $250K benefit bet pool.


March 3, 2025: The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida has actually dropped all charges versus Lottery.com for deceitful misstatement, irresponsible misstatement, conspiracy, and aiding and abetting.


Feb. 27, 2025: Two Florida lawmakers are proposing to make it a felony for somebody to wager on a game if they have inside information, such as a heads-up about someone preparation to toss a game or shave points.


Feb. 5, 2025: The Florida gaming commission sent 3 cease-and-desist letters to offshore operators accepting illegal wagers in the Sunshine State.


Jan. 27, 2025: Lawmakers in Florida briefly rejected a proposition that would have made authorizing any brand-new commercial gambling establishments or mobile sportsbooks logistically impossible. With that, the slim possibility that Florida makes a substantial business betting growth remained.


Jan. 16, 2025: An opening event will be held February 6 to celebrate the opening of Seminole Brighton Bay & Casino which is changing the existing Seminole Casino Brighton.


Jan. 9, 2025: Florida regulators are examining an illegal online gambling operation within the state.


Dec. 18, 2024: A Florida wagerer turned a $25 bet on a 14-leg passing TD player prop parlay into just over $100k with Acid Rock Bet.


Dec. 18, 2024: A prohibited gambling crackdown in Jacksonville has led to the closure of ten venues across the city, with five individuals detained for racketeering.


Nov. 1, 2024: Acid rock Bet partners with Duffy's Sports Grill to check out numerous marketing chances.


Oct. 28, 2024: Florida's Seminole Tribe partners with West Flagler, ending its lengthy legal dispute over the people's control of the state's online gambling market.


Oct. 9, 2024: Hard Rock global chairman and Seminole Gaming CEO Jim Allen discusses possible "strategic relationship" with FanDuel and DraftKings in Florida.


Oct. 1, 2024: FanDuel is being demanded $250 million by a previous Jacksonville Jaguars employee who embezzled group funds, claiming that the online sportsbook "exploited" his gambling addiction.


Sept 26, 2024: FanDuel faces difficult sports wagering push in the country's most populated States, consisting of Florida, California and Texas.


Sept. 3, 2024: 10 individuals are jailed and slot devices are taken following the discovery of an unlawful betting operation at a Tallahassee gas station.


July 30, 2024: The Florida Gaming Control Commission assists shut down 11 prohibited casinos in Volusia County.


June 28, 2024: The Supreme Court's decision on legal Florida sports wagering does not speed up California's push, says James Siva, the chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association.


June 17, 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court shoots down Florida's sports wagering evaluation request to upend the state's legal wagering status quo.


June 13, 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court could quickly decide whether to review Florida's sports betting case or not.


May 29, 2024: Legal Florida sports wagering gets its day in Supreme Court - June 13, 2024.


May 22, 2024: Florida's continuous legal sports betting battle might be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court after another file associated to the issue was filled on Tuesday.


May 14, 2024: The U.S. Government asks the Supreme Court to shut down Florida's sports wagering challenge.


April 24, 2024: Hard Rock Bet introduces 'SGP Max' function in Florida, allowing wagerers to combine several same-game parlays on one ticket.


April 22, 2024: Daily dream sports go back to Florida with peer-to-peer video games provided by PrizePicks.


April 10, 2024: Hard Rock Bet and the Florida Panthers form a multi-year collaboration.


April 1, 2024: West Flagler files a brand-new sports wagering quick to the U.S. Supreme Court. West Flagler declares that the Florida Supreme Court denied its petition by incorrectly ruling that the Florida gaming compact legalized online betting.


March 21, 2024: The Florida Supreme Court rejects a sports betting petition to invalidate the state's online sports betting law on constitutional grounds.


March 12, 2024: A former Jacksonville Jaguars financial manager is sentenced to 78 months in prison for taking $22 million from the company.


March 9, 2024: An ex-Jacksonville Jaguars staff member speaks in court following an embezzling scandal. Amit Patel is implicated of taking over $20 million from the company throughout a five-year period.


Feb. 26, 2024: Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator PrizePicks will pause its service in Florida on March 1, 2024, after receiving a second cease-and-desist letter for running unlawfully.


Feb. 21, 2024: Florida lawyer Daniel Wallach's new amicus quick advises the Supreme Court to take a Florida sports wagering case, Flagler's efforts to halt Florida's existing sports betting structure


Feb. 16, 2024: Several states, consisting of Florida, sent out cease-and-desist letters to everyday fantasy sports (DFS) operators Underdog, Betr, and PrizePicks.


Feb. 13, 2024: The Florida Supreme Court is asked to stop the state's "illegal" sports wagering method.


Feb. 3, 2024: Jacksonville Jaguars ask FanDuel to return $20 million from Amit Patel scandal, but the sports wagering operator hesitates to pay the team.


Jan. 29, 2024: Florida dream sports bills advance in the middle of arguments after being received favorably by the state chamber's committee on controlled industries. Senate Bills 1566 and 1568 lay out the legal structure and licensing structure of fantasy sports contests in the Sunshine State.


Dec. 26, 2023: West Flagler Associates continues to challenge the legality of Florida sports betting, arguing Florida voters ought to can authorize any gambling establishment gambling growth under Amendment 3.


Dec. 5, 2023: Acid rock Bet opens its sportsbook app to all Florida gamblers for the very first time in 2 years.


Dec. 1, 2023: Gov. Ron DeSantis and two other lawmakers unsurprisingly decline a Florida sports wagering difficulty.


Nov. 17, 2023: The Supreme Court of Florida unanimously rejects a motion proposed by two gaming business to shut down the state's restricted variation of online sports betting.


Nov. 7, 2023: Hard Rock Bet relaunches in Florida after stopping briefly online operations for almost 2 years, granting limited access to existing customers.


Nov. 1, 2023: In-person sports wagering will return to Florida at 3 casinos run by the Seminole Tribe on Dec. 7.


Oct. 25, 2023: The Supreme Court rebuffed an emergency situation bid to block an agreement in between Florida and the Seminole Tribe, setting the stage for the return of legal Florida sports wagering.


Oct. 18, 2023: There's no requirement to stay a lower court ruling that might see legal Florida sportsbooks return, according to the Department of the Interior.


Oct. 12, 2023: Chief Justice John Roberts goes into an order remembering and remaining the Florida sports betting appeal mandate.


Oct. 6, 2023: Covers' Geoff Zochodne goes over the disadvantages of Florida's gaming compact.


Sept. 26, 2023: The Department of the Interior states sports betting should resume in Florida. West Flagler and Bonita Springs turn to the Supreme Court of Florida to keep Hard Rock Bet from returning, mentioning betting expansion without voter approval and gaming off of tribal lands as major infractions of state law.


Sept. 18, 2023: Uncertainty surrounds Florida sports wagering and its return in the middle of a last-minute court filing.


Sept. 11, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals rejects a rehearing request by 2 casinos for the Florida-Seminole sports wagering case. This unlocks for a possible return of Acid rock Bet in the state as early as Sept. 19.


Sept
. 1, 2023: The federal government reveals that there is no need for a rehearing in the Florida-Seminole sports betting case.


Aug. 14, 2023: West Flagler Associates seeks a rehearing in its case against Florida's Seminole Tribe. The gambling establishment operator wishes to ward off the Seminole's effort to bring Acid rock Bet back to the Sunshine State.


July 17, 2023: Acid rock Sportsbook rebrands as Acid rock Bet after Acid rock Digital partners with Simplebet. The new-look app boasts a new benefits program and flex parlay feature. Acid Rock Bet could go back to Florida soon.


June 30, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a lower-court judgment that overruled a 2021 compact in between the state of Florida and its Seminole Tribe.


May 24, 2023: The Florida Panthers advance to the NHL Stanley Cup Final for the very first time since 1996.


March 29, 2023: Florida sports betting welcomes the launch of DraftKings' horse-racing app, as the Kentucky Derby nears.


Dec. 14, 2022: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments on Florida sports wagering, with a formal ruling on its previous termination expected in 2023.


July 11, 2022: The DC Circuit releases an instruction schedule in the Florida tribal compact sports wagering case that suggests a ruling won't take place until sometime in 2023.


June 1, 2022: Caesars and NYRA Bets launch the Caesars Racebook app in Florida and Ohio.


April 27, 2022: The Florida Seminole tribe stops making revenue-sharing payments to Florida. With the 2021 Florida-Seminole Compact on ice, the people will rather pay into escrow up until the lawsuits is fixed.


March 7, 2022: Atlanta Falcons Wide Receiver Calvin Ridley is suspended for the 2022 NFL season after wagering on NFL video games in 2021 with Florida's Acid rock Sportsbook.


Feb. 18, 2022: DraftKings CEO Jason Robbins exposes that the sports betting operator didn't get enough signatures in time to put a proposed constitutional amendment on the state's 2022 election ballot.


Jan. 28, 2022: Florida Education Champions' effort, backed by DraftKings and FanDuel, concedes defeat with less than 500,000 verified signatures collected.


Jan. 20, 2022: The DraftKings-FanDuel effort approaches 400,000 signatures.


Jan. 11, 2022: With simply over 295,000 signatures, the FanDuel and DraftKings-backed effort has collected just a 3rd of the signatures needed to reach the November 2022 ballot. The deadline to reach 891,589 signatures is Feb. 1, 2022.


Dec. 4, 2021: Thirty-five days after releasing, the Hard Rock Sportsbook concurs to "temporarily suspend" all operations in Florida. Legal Florida sports betting has actually pertained to an end.


Dec. 1, 2021: A group of Las Vegas Sands-aligned groups files a suit against seven celebrations acting on behalf of the Seminole Tribe. The groups allege the Seminole Tribe has actually been settling petition gatherers to avoid them from collecting signatures for a Las Vegas Sands 2022 tally step.


Nov. 25, 2021: After the Seminole Tribe's motion for a stay pending appeal is denied, an emergency situation motion for a stay pending appeal is filed with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, the Acid Rock Sportsbook is still operational.


Nov. 23, 2021: The Seminole Tribe submits a notice of appeal and movement for a stay pending appeal with the DC federal court just one day after Judge Friedrich eradicated the Florida-Seminole Compact. The Tribe seeks to continue taking sports bets throughout the appeal process.


Nov. 22, 2021: Judge Dabney Friedrich tosses out Florida's sports wagering compact, putting an end to legal sports wagering and the Seminole Tribe's gaming expansion strategies. The judge ruled both federal (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) and state (Amendment 3) laws were broken.


Nov. 1, 2021: The Seminole Tribe of Florida goes deal with an "early access launch" of its Acid Rock Sportsbook, regardless of a minimum of 2 claims challenging the state's design of legal sports wagering still working their way through federal court.


Oct. 19, 2021: Florida District Judge Allen Winsor dismisses the first of the Magic City-Bonita Springs lawsuits.


Oct. 15, 2021: October 15 gets here, however legal Florida sports wagering does not.


Sept. 27, 2021: Two Florida businessmen and the anti-gambling group No Casinos submit the 3rd suit - the second in D.C. The motion declares no gaming growth can take place in Florida without citizen approval, citing Amendment 3.


Sept. 27, 2021: Magic City Casino and Bonita Springs Poker Room file their 2nd claim - this time, in D.C. The claim claims online Florida sports wagering would break a number of federal laws.


Aug. 17, 2021: Magic City Casino and Bonita Springs Poker Room file a suit versus the Department of the Interior and Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, challenging the validity of their Seminole Tribe Compact approval.


Aug. 6, 2021: Florida's pact with the Seminole Tribe passes its 45-day approval duration. By neither authorizing nor denying the Seminole-Florida Gaming Compact, the U.S. Department of the Interior offers Florida the OK to move forward with its proposed October 15, 2021, launch date.


May 25, 2021: Gov. DeSantis quietly signs a brand-new tribal compact. The agreement would allow the Seminole Tribe to expand its video gaming library and deal retail and online sports betting. Pari-mutuel centers would likewise be permitted to run Florida wagering sites through servers located on tribal lands.


May 2019: Gov. DeSantis declines to validate a contract reached between Sen. Wilton Simpson and the Seminole Tribe. The pact would have enabled tribal casinos and racetracks to offer legal Florida sports betting.


Nov. 6, 2018: Voters pass Amendment 3, successfully forbiding the Florida Legislature from passing brand-new gaming growths without the approval of the Seminole Tribe.


May 14, 2018: SCOTUS reverses the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). Individual states are now allowed to legislate and control sports wagering.

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