The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday agreed to extend the deadline for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior (DOI) to file a response in the case versus West Flagler and Associates (WFA) that could determine the future of online sports betting in Florida. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed for the extension Tuesday, citing the “heavy press of earlier assigned cases to the attorneys handling this matter.” The original deadline was March 13.
The DOI will now have until April 12 to file a response to WFA’s brief, in which it described the current situation in Florida as “unlawful” and asked the court not make it a model for other U.S. jurisdictions to follow.
