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]]>Five years after the US Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on sports betting, nearly 40 states have jumped on the sports betting bandwagon. However, Florida remains an outlier.
Daniel Wallach, a South Florida gaming attorney and adjunct professor at the University of Miami, explained that the status quo almost shifted in 2021. That year, Governor Ron Desantis entered into an exclusive gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, granting them the sole right to conduct sports wagering activities within the state.
“2021 compact which gave the Seminole Tribe statewide control over all sports wagering, including online sports betting, I mean, they knew a lawsuit was coming,�� Wallach said.
And a lawsuit did indeed emerge. West Flagler Associates, the former owners of Miami’s Magic City Casino until February, argued that this compact violated federal laws, which were understood to restrict such agreements to tribal territories. They contended that online domains were beyond these confines.
“At that point, the tribe had already been operating online sports betting for just over a month, which led to a halt in their operations,�� Wallach said.
Fast-tracking to today, Wallach announced, “The federal court judge in Washington DC handed a victory, at this stage, to the Seminole Tribe.”
Barring an appeal from West Flagler Associates at the state level or even to the Supreme Court, the Seminoles are set to rake in significant gains.
“Their expected revenues on online sports betting will be in the billions annually,�� Wallach said.
��No other state of comparable size has a single operator governing all of sports betting.”
Regarding the prospect of the case reaching the US Supreme Court, which takes fewer than 4% of cases, Wallach said that the odds might be higher in this instance. This belief stems from the multiple conflicting rulings in lower federal courts on the scope of federal power in state negotiations with tribes over online gaming compacts.
The Seminole Tribe, while refraining from commenting on their future plans for sports betting or esports betting, expressed satisfaction with the court’s verdict.
Esports betting has slowly become more accepted across the states that have legalised sports betting in the USA, with specific legislation addressing it in many places.
This acceptance has come with some caveats and push back, with some worried that the young demographic of esports, will combine poorly with online betting and promote problem gambling.
Many of the most popular esports games are played by people in their teens, with some of the world’s best players still underage.
Florida has pro teams based there in games like Overwatch and Call of Duty.
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]]>The North American franchise made this announcement on October 26, via their official Twitter page.
The franchise penned a thank you and farewell message to their coaches, including core members of Evil Geniuses�� LCS foundation. The dismissed coaches include onstage presences like Earl ��Rigby�� Han, Gabriel ��Turtle�� Peixoto, as well as Sebastian ��ZzLegendary�� Demontigny, and Connor ��Artemis�� Doyle.
Evil Geniuses had an incredible 2022 season run in League of Legends and qualified for two international tournaments after participating in the playoffs. During the Spring Split, the North American franchise won the LCS event and earned their first domestic championship.
Evil Geniuses�� also earned a spot in the top four teams after their performance in the Mid-Season Invitational.
The squad was placed third in the Summer Split earlier this year and gave an impressive performance during the play-in stage of the 2022 League of Legends World Championship, although they were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.
Less than a day before Evil Geniuses�� announcement, reports claimed that Peter Dun, who previously coached the organization��s LEC squad, had plans to move back to Europe to guide Team Heretics.
The team had a short, unsuccessful stint in the LEC in 2017 and left to put more resources into building their other esports ventures like Valorant and Call of Duty.
Team Heretics ended their five-year absence from the LEC in 2022 when they purchased Cream Real Betis�� spot Superliga and became the newest addition to the League.
Dun��s departure from Evil Geniuses was announced earlier this month. The organization bid the former head of the coaching staff goodbye after they were eliminated from the World Championships group stage.
The former head of the coaching staff joined the organization in 2020 as the head coach and transitioned at the start of 2022. Dun helped Evil Geniuses win their first League Champions Series championship and guided them to their first appearances at the Mid-Season Invitational and World Championship during his stint with them.
Evil Geniuses�� decision to clear out their core coaching staff came as a shock to the esports community, especially with how much success they achieved this season. The organization��s coaching staff helped place the groundwork for the team��s impressive players to achieve longtime success in the North American region.
Evil Geniuses are yet to indicate interest in any future replacements for their currently vacant positions both in their coaching staff and starting roster.
The squad faced some issues during the World Championship after AD carry Kyle ��Danny�� Sakamaki, part of their starting lineup, was unable to compete due to a personal issue. Jeong ��Impact�� Eon-young, Evil Geniuses�� top laner, is the only player whose contract is set to expire this 2022-23 off-season.
The coming weeks might see the franchise make some additions to their roster.
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