DeSantis and his work to secure a new Seminole Compact, the lawsuit focuses on a very narrow aspect of the Compact - the legality of off-reservation and online sports wagering,’' said Isadore Havenick, vice president for public affairs for Southwest Parimutuels. All transactions would go through servers located on tribal land in a “hub and spoke” model intended to bypass both federal and state law, which both deem sports betting in Florida illegal. Under the deal, anyone in Florida over age 21 can start placing and collecting online wagers on sporting events “via the internet web application” from anywhere in Florida beginning on Oct.
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