The Florida Supreme Court has turned down a motion by pari-mutuel companies to block the Seminole Tribe’s plan to restart its mobile sports-betting operations pending the outcome of ongoing litigation over the state’s 2021 gambling compact. 

The high court rejected the motion by West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. in a short announcement on Nov. 17. The justices offered no explanation for denying the request to immediately suspend the sports-betting provisions of the state law underlying the gambling compact.

The court’s denial of the motion comes in the wake of the Seminole Tribe announcing that it would relaunch its sports-betting app, allowing mobile sports wagers statewide. The tribe also said it would expand gaming at several casinos, beginning in December, to include craps, roulette and sports betting.