Florida’s long-shot hopes for its first-ever commercial sportsbooks and casinos dodged a potentially fatal legislative blow after state lawmakers quickly adjourned a special session Monday.
Lawmakers were set to discuss a bill that would have ended citizen-initiated constitutional ballot measure changes. If passed, it would have effectively erased any hope for new gaming options in the nation’s third-most populated state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had called for a special session this week to consider roughly a dozen bills, including the ballot measure proposal. Instead, the legislature adjourned immediately after beginning the session, ending any chance to address the bills.
The legislature then reconvened for its own special session.
