The gambling operators are asking that the panel decision be put on hold while they seek Supreme Court review. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected the plaintiffs’ request for a full-court hearing to reconsider the panel’s ruling. West Flagler Associates continues to have an interest in other Florida gambling operations, including jai alai.įriday’s motion came after the U.S. At the time the lawsuit was filed, West Flagler Associates owned Magic City Casino in Miami but has since sold it to PCI Gaming, which is not a part of the litigation. West Flagler Associates and the Bonita Springs pari-mutuel - owned for many years by the Havenick family - challenged the sports-betting part of the deal, alleging it violated federal law and would cause a “significant and potentially devastating impact” on their operations. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairperson Marcellus Osceola Jr. The three-judge panel’s June 30 ruling reversed a November 2021 decision by a federal judge who halted a 30-year gambling agreement signed by Gov.
