Department of the Interior over whether the sports-betting part of the deal violates a federal law known as the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, or IGRA, because it authorizes gambling off tribal lands. Supreme Court to take up a case filed against the U.S. The two cases involve different legal issues and different defendants, but the pari-mutuel companies are trying to use at least one of the challenges to block sports betting that was included in a 2021 gambling deal between the state and the tribe. Supreme Court case could be affected by a separate sports-betting challenge filed at the Florida Supreme Court. on Monday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to extend a deadline for filing a petition and said the U.S. Lawyers for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. TALLAHASSEE - As they wage a two-front fight against the Seminole Tribe offering online sports betting statewide, two pari-mutuel companies are seeking more time to make their case to the U.S.
