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TALLAHASSEE, FL—Republican Sen. Travis Hutson has introduced SB 1566, requiring the Florida Gaming Control Commission to both oversee fantasy sports businesses and mandate they be licensed. According to the legislative measure, businesses must pay an application fee of up to $1 million and an annual renewal fee of up to $250,000. Hutson's other bill, SB […]

Two pari-mutuels have dropped an appeal of a Florida federal judge’s decision to dismiss a challenge to a gambling agreement that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout the state. Lawyers for Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida on Friday asked the 11th U.S. Circuit […]

By Dara Kam TALLAHASSEE --- A Leon County circuit judge on Wednesday refused to immediately halt efforts backed by the Seminole Tribe to try to block a gambling initiative from getting on next year’s ballot. The initiative, supported by casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp., would allow voters to decide whether to allow pari-mutuel operators […]