Court of Appeals won’t rule on Florida sports betting case until at least 2023

Court of Appeals won’t rule on Florida sports betting case until at least 2023

Article brief provided by Saturday Down South
  • Robert Linnehan, Saturday Down South
July 14, 2022 10:51 PM
  • Robert Linnehan, Saturday Down South

The Florida sports betting quagmire will trudge into 2023.

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The United States Court of Appeals released a briefing schedule for the upcoming Florida tribal compact sports betting case. Opening briefs are not scheduled to begin until August and will not conclude until November. Oral arguments from both sides will then commence, but the court has not decided a date.

So what does this all mean? It means the complicated web of Florida sports betting will not be untangled until at least next year.

The past year for Florida sports betting has been a roller coaster ride, with several attempts from various parties to legalize forms of sports betting all failing.