Illicit gambling was South Florida’s defining characteristic in those days. Everyone left the business decisions to Meyer Lansky. Cops and local politicians, most of them on the take, didn’t dare make a fuss. It was so much less complicated back in the 1930s and 1940s, when the mob ran South Florida casinos. 7, D-Day at the Hard Rock, the Seminoles plan to roll out roulette and craps and in-person, onsite sport books at the tribe’s six casinos. A similar lawsuit is still wending its way through the state courts, but the Seminoles are tired of waiting. Last month, the parimutuels’ last federal courts appeal was rejected by the U.S. Everything was postponed until the legalities were settled. Of course, the parimutuel casinos - shut out of these lucrative new pursuits - sued. DeSantis threw in exclusive rights to roulette and craps, a kind of multimillion-dollar sweetener. Ron DeSantis negotiated a $2.5 billion five-year gambling compact that grants the Seminoles a monopoly on online sports betting, along with actual onsite casino sport book betting stations. Of course, 22 other states and the District of Columbia already allow online gaming, so what do I know?įlorida briefly joined that list in 2021, after Gov. With all the drama that comes with buying shoes on Amazon, gambling that they’re really size nine. Like so many other internet endeavors, online betting will devolve into so many soulless transactions between computers and consumers.
