\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe poll also asked whether the DeSantis and Seminole treaty “is blatantly unconstitutional.” Sixty-six percent said “yes.” Only 15 percent said “no.”<\/p>\n
DeSantis Defends<\/b><\/h2>\n
Jim McLaughlin and Rob Schmidt, who conducted the gaming poll, say many Floridians are concerned regarding the state’s legal authority to authorize online sports betting.<\/p>\n
“Most voters believe the compact’s predicate, that having the computer system hub that hosts online gambling on tribal property constitutes gambling as being on tribal lands does not pass the ‘smell test,'” explained McLaughlin Rob Schmidt.<\/p>\n
The governor, however, says some are simply delaying the inevitable, and that online sports betting is already occurring in the state through unlawful offshore sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n“This [mobile sports betting] is operated by the Tribe, operated on tribal lands, and I think it satisfies Amendment 3,'” DeSantis stated. “If somebody wants to contest that, both the Tribe and the state will be defending the agreement.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new poll finds that a majority of Florida voters want a say on whether the state should allow the Seminole Tribe to expand its gaming privileges. Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the Seminole Tribe inked a deal that amounts to the largest expansion of gambling in the Sunshine State in decades. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":172748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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