by Caden DeLisa | Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees tribal gambling, filed a notice stating its intent to appeal the November ruling that struck down the Seminole Gaming Compact, ending the current status of legal sports betting in Florida. The compact would...
by Capitolist Staff | Dec 30, 2021
The Capitolist Newsroom, Brian Burgess, Jordan Kirkland, and Caden DeLisa, kicked around a few predictions of what we’ll be talking about during Christmas season 2022. We posted the best predictions so everyone can see the internal deliberations and calculations...
by Dara Kam - News Service of Florida | Dec 23, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday tapped Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Julie Brown to lead a newly created commission that will oversee gambling in Florida and appointed a Tampa lawyer to replace Brown as head of the...
by Caden DeLisa | Dec 21, 2021
Representative Dan Daley (Coral Springs) on Tuesday sent a letter to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) Secretary Julie Imanuel Brown regarding Senate Bill 8-A, requesting a pause on the implementation of the bill. This legislation...
by Brian Burgess and Jordan Kirkland | Dec 19, 2021
It seems like just yesterday that we were all bidding the year 2020 “good riddance,” and welcoming 2021 with open arms, secure in the knowledge that the new year couldn’t possibly be worse than last. On balance, the assumption proved correct, but...
by Caden DeLisa | Dec 14, 2021
Online betting company FanDuel contributed $4.38 million in November toward the political committee Florida Education Champions (FEC) in an increased effort to broadly legalize sports betting in Florida through a constitutional amendment. FEC, a political...
