TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe was struck down by a federal judge late Monday, halting online sports gambling statewide and jeopardizing the tribe’s monopoly on roulette and craps games.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington, D.C., immediately shuts down the mobile gambling system that debuted Nov. 1.
Friedrich ruled that the deal violates the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which requires that any state-sanctioned gambling must occur on tribal land.
