The Seminole Tribe of Florida will begin sports betting, craps and roulette at all six of its casinos in December, the Tribe announced in a news release Wednesday, and South Florida’s gamblers will get to experience it first.
The announcement comes a week after the U.S Supreme Court lifted a stay to allow sports betting in the state to move forward, a milestone in a series of legal challenges to a gaming compact between the Tribe and the state of Florida that gave it a monopoly on sports betting.
“The Seminole Tribe thanks the State of Florida, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Justice for defending our Compact. By working together, the Tribe, the State and the federal government achieved a historic legal victory,” Marcellus Osceola Jr., Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, said in a statement.
Described as “A New Era in Florida Gaming,” celebrations of the launch of sports betting, craps and roulette will take place throughout the month of December, the release said. The official launch date is Dec. 7 for South Florida’s locations: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Seminole Classic Casino in Hollywood and Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.
The next day, the games will launch at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, and on Dec. 11, they will launch at Seminole Casino Immokalee and Seminole Brighton Casino on the northwest side of Lake Okeechobee.
“The Seminole Tribe of Florida’s new initiative will create jobs, increase tourism, and provide billions in added revenue for our state,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in the release. “I was proud to work with the Tribe on our historic Gaming Compact and I look forward to its full implementation.”
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