On this Thursday, April 29, episode of Sundial,
Florida's New Gambling Deal
Imagine a Floridian gambler’s dream: craps, roulette, sports betting. And you don’t even have to get on a plane. You can stay in South Florida and Vegas will come to you.
A new deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe aims to do just that. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the agreement last week.
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“The biggest thing is that it would bring mobile sports betting to Florida … all of the transactions would go through the Seminole Tribe under this deal and sports teams could benefit by offering it at their stadiums. Parimutuels could benefit by putting their brand on the mobile sports betting app and then getting a cut of the pie. They’re also allowing the tribe to go to full Las Vegas-style casinos, which would mean they'd add craps and roulette,” said Mary Ellen Klas, the Tallahassee bureau chief for the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times.