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00:00Same thing happening here in Florida on a different level.
00:06There's this group West Flagler saying that we've talked about a ton that feels like the Seminole tribe have this monopoly over sports betting.
00:13Indeed they do. They're the only operation right now with the hard rock app that's being able to bet.
00:18There's going to be a ruling my understanding coming up next month. But most don't anticipate anything changing with sports betting being legal in Florida through that venue.
00:26Was that accurate. Yeah that's 100 percent accurate Craig. But you never know what can happen in the court of law or the wild world of sports betting and lawsuits that we talk about a lot of this show.
00:39The Department of Interior which represents the Seminole tribe which you talked about having that monopoly in Florida came out this week with a response to the request that the Supreme Court take up this case that West Flagler.
00:52The group suing them has asked the Supreme Court to take up essentially saying you know the arguments that were made in the lower court which happened last year which ultimately allowed the hard rock app to relaunch and sports betting to return to the state
01:07essentially saying you know those arguments uphold the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act only authorizes gaming on tribal land has been the argument of West Flagler not statewide online gaming monopolies.
01:19So it's essentially one side saying you're right. The other side saying you're wrong on this issue. So we've seen them come out and tell the Supreme Court this. It's not even 100 percent determined if the Supreme Court will take this up.
01:34Like you said we'll have to see in a month if they do they could still uphold it if they don't. It probably that's the end of the line here. And the current state of Florida sports betting would be here to stay.
01:46I'm told by a lot of people in the industry that they're watching this case not really because of the outcome in Florida but the impact it could have on other states with tribes states like California Minnesota where tribes have that power where they pretty much gaming changes have to be made through them.
02:04So people are kind of watching this to see if there's any arguments if there's any tidbits that other states could take in any things that people could use in other states to make arguments for or against tribal power so to speak. So it's not a quite a dead issue but it seems like the current state of Florida sports betting is here to stay.
02:25So we're going to keep watching it for the next month. I'm sure we'll have plenty of more to report at legal sports report on the Florida sports betting case.