Acid Rock Bet has actually returned to Florida, with a major state-wide launch taking location on Dec. 5, 2023. Here's a timeline of Florida's sports wagering journey to date:
Nov. 19, 2025: Florida lawmakers advanced H.B. 189, which would make operating or promoting non-Seminole online sports betting or iGaming a felony and taking part in it a misdemeanor.
Nov. 12, 2025: Florida legislators are restoring legislation that would make it a felony to position sports bets while knowing the outcome is repaired.
Oct. 30, 2025: Acid Rock Bet has actually introduced new "Games powered by Past Motor Races" in Florida, letting users bet on outcomes of genuine previous races in a slot-like fashion.
Oct. 7, 2025: The NBA's Orlando Magic has called Hard Rock Bet its main sportsbook in a new multiyear partnership that will begin with the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Aug. 11, 2025: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced a multi-year partnership with Acid rock Bet, granting the sports betting operator exclusive marketing and engagement opportunities.
June 11, 2025: After formerly being a longshot, Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett is now the betting favorite to claim the Conn Smythe Trophy, granted to the MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, at most sportsbooks over ruling winner Connor McDavid and seasoned Brad Marchand.
May 6, 2025: Florida legislators have withdrawn expenses focused on restricting sweepstakes casinos and non-tribal sports betting.
April 16, 2025: A bill banning sweepstakes video gaming and increasing illegal gaming penalties passed another essential Senate committee in Florida.
March 26, 2025: A Florida Senate committee passed a bill by an 8-0 vote that proposes penalties for utilizing inside information for sports wagering, as well as participating in online betting the state's Seminole Tribe doesn't provide.
March 19, 2025: Hard Rock Bet announces its new 'Battle of the Bets' project with a $250K perk bet pool.
March 3, 2025: The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida has actually dropped all charges against Lottery.com for fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, conspiracy, and assisting and abetting.
Feb. 27, 2025: Two Florida legislators are proposing to make it a felony for someone to bet on a video game if they have inside info, such as a heads-up about someone planning to throw a game or shave points.
Feb. 5, 2025: The Florida gaming commission sent out three cease-and-desist letters to offshore operators accepting unlawful wagers in the Sunshine State.
Jan. 27, 2025: Lawmakers in Florida momentarily declined a proposition that would have made authorizing any brand-new industrial casinos or mobile sportsbooks logistically difficult. With that, the slim opportunity that Florida makes a large industrial gambling expansion remained.
Jan. 16, 2025: An opening ceremony will be held February 6 to commemorate the opening of Seminole Brighton Bay & Casino which is replacing the existing Seminole Casino Brighton.
Jan. 9, 2025: Florida regulators are examining a prohibited online gaming operation within the state.
Dec. 18, 2024: A Florida gambler turned a $25 bet on a 14-leg death TD gamer prop parlay into simply over $100k with Acid Rock Bet.
Dec. 18, 2024: An unlawful gaming crackdown in Jacksonville has actually resulted in the closure of 10 places throughout the city, with 5 individuals arrested for racketeering.
Nov. 1, 2024: Hard Rock Bet partners with Duffy's Sports Grill to check out a number of marketing opportunities.
Oct. 28, 2024: Florida's Seminole Tribe partners with West Flagler, ending its lengthy legal conflict over the tribe's control of the state's online gambling market.
Oct. 9, 2024: Acid rock worldwide chairman and Seminole Gaming CEO Jim Allen goes over possible "tactical relationship" with FanDuel and DraftKings in Florida.
Oct. 1, 2024: FanDuel is being demanded $250 million by a former Jacksonville Jaguars staff member who embezzled team funds, claiming that the online sportsbook "made use of" his betting addiction.
Sept 26, 2024: FanDuel faces tough sports wagering push in the country's most populated States, consisting of Florida, California and Texas.
Sept. 3, 2024: 10 individuals are arrested and slots are taken following the discovery of an unlawful gambling operation at a Tallahassee gas station.
July 30, 2024: The Florida Gaming Control Commission helps close down 11 unlawful casinos in Volusia County.
June 28, 2024: The Supreme Court's choice on legal Florida sports wagering doesn't speed up California's push, states James Siva, the chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association.
June 17, 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court shoots down Florida's sports betting evaluation request to upend the state's legal wagering status quo.
June 13, 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court might quickly choose whether to review Florida's sports betting case or not.
May 29, 2024: Legal Florida sports wagering gets its day in Supreme Court - June 13, 2024.
May 22, 2024: Florida's continuous legal sports betting battle might be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court after another file related to the issue was filled on Tuesday.
May 14, 2024: The U.S. Government asks the Supreme Court to shut down Florida's sports betting challenge.
April 24, 2024: Hard Rock Bet presents 'SGP Max' feature in Florida, enabling wagerers to integrate numerous same-game parlays on one ticket.
April 22, 2024: Daily fantasy sports return to Florida with peer-to-peer video games used by PrizePicks.
April 10, 2024: Hard Rock Bet and the Florida Panthers form a multi-year partnership.
April 1, 2024: West Flagler files a brand-new sports wagering quick to the U.S. Supreme Court. West Flagler claims that the Florida Supreme Court denied its petition by incorrectly ruling that the Florida gaming compact legalized online betting.
March 21, 2024: The Florida Supreme Court rejects a sports betting petition to invalidate the state's online sports wagering law on constitutional grounds.
March 12, 2024: A previous Jacksonville Jaguars monetary supervisor is sentenced to 78 months in prison for stealing $22 million from the organization.
March 9, 2024: An ex-Jacksonville Jaguars employee speaks in court following an embezzling scandal. Amit Patel is accused of taking over $20 million from the company during a five-year span.
Feb. 26, 2024: Daily dream sports (DFS) operator PrizePicks will pause its business in Florida on March 1, 2024, after receiving a 2nd cease-and-desist letter for operating unlawfully.
Feb. 21, 2024: Florida lawyer Daniel Wallach's new amicus quick prompts the Supreme Court to take a Florida sports betting case, supporting West Flagler's efforts to halt Florida's present sports betting structure
Feb. 16, 2024: Several states, including Florida, sent cease-and-desist letters to daily dream sports (DFS) operators Underdog, Betr, and PrizePicks.
Feb. 13, 2024: The Florida Supreme Court is asked to stop the state's "unlawful" sports betting approach.
Feb. 3, 2024: Jacksonville Jaguars ask FanDuel to return $20 million from Amit Patel scandal, but the sports wagering operator is reluctant to pay the team.
Jan. 29, 2024: Florida fantasy sports bills advance in the middle of disputes after being received favorably by the state chamber's committee on regulated industries. Senate Bills 1566 and 1568 lay out the legal framework and licensing structure of fantasy sports contests in the Sunshine State.
Dec. 26, 2023: West Flagler Associates continues to challenge the legality of Florida sports betting, arguing Florida citizens ought to deserve to approve any gambling establishment gambling growth under Amendment 3.
Dec. 5, 2023: Acid rock Bet opens its sportsbook app to all Florida gamblers for the first time in 2 years.
Dec. 1, 2023: Gov. Ron DeSantis and two other lawmakers unsurprisingly decline a Florida sports betting challenge.
Nov. 17, 2023: The Supreme Court of Florida unanimously declines a movement proposed by two gaming companies to shut down the state's minimal variation of online sports wagering.
Nov. 7, 2023: Hard Rock Bet relaunches in Florida after pausing online operations for nearly two years, approving minimal access to existing consumers.
Nov. 1, 2023: In-person sports wagering will go back to Florida at 3 gambling establishments run by the Seminole Tribe on Dec. 7.
Oct. 25, 2023: The Supreme Court rebuffed an emergency situation bid to block an arrangement between Florida and the Seminole Tribe, setting the phase for the return of legal Florida sports betting.
Oct. 18, 2023: There's no requirement to stay a lower court judgment that might see legal Florida sportsbooks return, according to the Department of the Interior.
Oct. 12, 2023: Chief Justice John Roberts enters an order remembering and staying the Florida sports wagering appeal required.
Oct. 6, 2023: Covers' Geoff Zochodne talks about the downsides of Florida's gaming compact.
Sept. 26, 2023: The Department of the Interior declares sports betting must resume in Florida. West Flagler and Bonita Springs turn to the Supreme Court of Florida to keep Hard Rock Bet from returning, pointing out gambling expansion without citizen approval and gambling off of tribal lands as major infractions of state law.
Sept. 18, 2023: Uncertainty surrounds Florida sports betting and its return in the middle of a last-minute court filing.
Sept. 11, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals rejects a rehearing demand by 2 casinos for the Florida-Seminole sports betting case. This opens the door for a possible return of Acid rock Bet in the state as early as Sept. 19.
Sept
. 1, 2023: The federal government reveals that there is no need for a rehearing in the Florida-Seminole sports wagering case.
Aug. 14, 2023: West Flagler Associates seeks a rehearing in its case versus Florida's Seminole Tribe. The gambling establishment operator wants to thwart the Seminole's attempt to bring Hard Rock Bet back to the Sunshine State.
July 17, 2023: Hard Rock Sportsbook rebrands as Hard Rock Bet after Acid rock Digital partners with Simplebet. The new-look app boasts a new rewards program and flex parlay feature. Hard Rock Bet could return to Florida quickly.
June 30, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a lower-court judgment that overruled a 2021 compact between the state of Florida and its Seminole Tribe.
May 24, 2023: The Florida Panthers advance to the NHL Stanley Cup Final for the very first time since 1996.
March 29, 2023: Florida sports betting invites the launch of DraftKings' horse-racing app, as the Kentucky Derby nears.
Dec. 14, 2022: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments on Florida sports betting, with a formal ruling on its previous dismissal anticipated in 2023.
July 11, 2022: The DC Circuit releases a rundown schedule in the Florida tribal compact sports wagering case that suggests a ruling will not happen till at some point in 2023.
June 1, 2022: Caesars and NYRA Bets introduce the Caesars Racebook app in Florida and Ohio.
April 27, 2022: The Florida Seminole tribe stops making revenue-sharing payments to Florida. With the 2021 Florida-Seminole Compact on ice, the tribe will rather make payments into escrow up until the litigation is resolved.
March 7, 2022: Atlanta Falcons Wide Receiver Calvin Ridley is suspended for the 2022 NFL season after banking on NFL video games in 2021 with Florida's Hard Rock Sportsbook.
Feb. 18, 2022: DraftKings CEO Jason Robbins exposes that the sports wagering operator didn't get enough signatures in time to position a proposed constitutional modification on the state's 2022 election tally.
Jan. 28, 2022: Florida Education Champions' initiative, backed by DraftKings and FanDuel, yields defeat with less than 500,000 verified signatures collected.
Jan. 20, 2022: The DraftKings-FanDuel initiative approaches 400,000 signatures.
Jan. 11, 2022: With just over 295,000 signatures, the FanDuel and DraftKings-backed initiative has actually gathered just a third of the signatures required to reach the November 2022 tally. The due date to reach 891,589 signatures is Feb. 1, 2022.
Dec. 4, 2021: Thirty-five days after launching, the Acid rock Sportsbook consents to "temporarily suspend" all operations in Florida. Legal Florida sports betting has come to an end.
Dec. 1, 2021: A group of Las Vegas Sands-aligned groups files a lawsuit against 7 celebrations acting on behalf of the Seminole Tribe. The groups declare the Seminole Tribe has been paying off petition collectors to prevent them from collecting signatures for a Las Vegas Sands 2022 tally procedure.
Nov. 25, 2021: After the Seminole Tribe's motion for a stay pending appeal is denied, an emergency situation motion for a stay pending appeal is filed with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, the Acid Rock Sportsbook is still functional.
Nov. 23, 2021: The Seminole Tribe files a notification of appeal and motion for a stay pending appeal with the DC federal court simply one day after Judge Friedrich eradicated the Florida-Seminole Compact. The Tribe looks for to continue taking sports bets throughout the appeal process.
Nov. 22, 2021: Judge Dabney Friedrich throws out Florida's sports betting compact, putting an end to legal sports betting and the Seminole Tribe's gaming growth strategies. The judge ruled both federal (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) and state (Amendment 3) laws were violated.
Nov. 1, 2021: The Seminole Tribe of Florida goes cope with an "early gain access to launch" of its Acid Rock Sportsbook, in spite of a minimum of 2 claims challenging the state's model of legal sports wagering still working their way through federal court.
Oct. 19, 2021: Florida District Judge Allen Winsor dismisses the very first of the Magic City-Bonita Springs lawsuits.
Oct. 15, 2021: October 15 gets here, but legal Florida sports wagering does not.
Sept. 27, 2021: Two Florida businessmen and the anti-gambling group No Casinos submit the 3rd lawsuit - the 2nd in D.C. The motion declares no gaming expansion can happen in Florida without voter approval, citing Amendment 3.
Sept. 27, 2021: Magic City Casino and Bonita Springs Poker Room file their second claim - this time, in D.C. The claim declares online Florida sports betting would break numerous federal laws.
Aug. 17, 2021: Magic City Casino and Bonita Springs Poker Room submit a suit versus the Department of the Interior and Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, challenging the credibility of their Seminole Tribe Compact approval.
Aug. 6, 2021: Florida's pact with the Seminole Tribe passes its 45-day approval duration. By neither approving nor denying the Seminole-Florida Gaming Compact, the U.S. Department of the Interior offers Florida the OK to move on with its proposed October 15, 2021, launch date.
May 25, 2021: Gov. DeSantis quietly signs a new tribal compact. The arrangement would enable the Seminole Tribe to expand its video gaming library and offer retail and online sports betting. Pari-mutuel facilities would likewise be allowed to run Florida betting websites through servers located on tribal lands.
May 2019: Gov. DeSantis refuses to approve a contract reached in between Sen. Wilton Simpson and the Seminole Tribe. The pact would have permitted tribal gambling establishments and racetracks to use legal Florida sports wagering.
Nov. 6, 2018: Voters pass Amendment 3, efficiently prohibiting the Florida Legislature from passing new betting expansions without the approval of the Seminole Tribe.
May 14, 2018: SCOTUS reverses the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). Individual states are now allowed to legislate and control sports wagering.
