Earlier this week, the Seminole Tribe secured a legal victory to keep Florida's sports betting model intact when the Supreme Court denied West Flagler Associates' petition for writ of certiorari.
WFA argued the Seminoles' gaming compact with Florida, which allows the Seminole Tribe to process bets placed outside Indian lands on servers located within Indian lands, violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. With the Supreme Court not taking up the case, WFA's chances of a legal reversal of the compact look slim.
The victory for the Seminoles drew national attention in the sports betting industry, with major interest in the potential national ramifications for other states with tribal gaming.
“I think there's still a lot of questions,” Brendan Bussmann, managing partner at B Global, told .