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If you were planning to bet on the on the Thanksgiving Day NFL game through the Seminole Tribe\u2019s Sports betting app, you might want to think twice.<\/p>\n

A ruling Monday night from a federal judge struck down the tribe\u2019s compact with the state, which means at least for now sports betting is illegal in Florida.<\/p>\n

However, voters may have an opportunity to legalize sports betting in less than a year.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the start of this month the Seminole Tribe launched its Hard Rock Sportsbook App.<\/p>\n<p>Now a federal judge has ruled the compact that made it possible null and void.<\/p>\n<p>State Representative and former House Gaming Chair Randy Fine told us Floridians should stop placing sports bets, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless you want to be a felon,\u201d said Fine.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72337 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2021\/11\/23\/sports-betting-once-again-illegal-in-florida\/sports-betting-pkg00000001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000001-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000001-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2021\/11\/23\/sports-betting-once-again-illegal-in-florida\/sports-betting-pkg00000002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000002-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000002-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000002.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2021\/11\/23\/sports-betting-once-again-illegal-in-florida\/sports-betting-pkg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>But Fine noted sports betting could be back if voters will it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoters could have an opportunity even if the compact worked out, but not until next November,\u201d said Fine.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Education Champions is behind the citizen initiative seeking to legalize sports betting across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Tax revenue generated would be used to boost education funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe estimate hundreds of millions of dollars and that’s based on comparison to other states, large states, that are also implementing this,\u201d said Christina Johnson 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https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sports-Betting-PKG00000006.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The citizen initiative also wouldn\u2019t run into some of the issues the compact faced, because voters would have to approve it.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the compact, the initiative allows for betting not only on professional and collegiate, but also amateur sporting events.<\/p>\n<p>John Sowinski with No Casinos doubts Florida voters would sign off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou’d have people betting on high school football if this thing were to pass. I don’t think Florida voters, that that agrees with their sensibility. 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