A shadowy group that advocates for “lawful” casino gambling is challenging the Seminole Tribe’s online sports betting operation in a lawsuit that argues voter approval should have preceded the rollout of the tribe’s app-based wagering system.

A Delaware-based company called Protect the Constitution LLC filed the lawsuit on April 23 in the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County. The complaint argues Article 10, Section 30 of the state constitution requires that in order for sports betting to be authorized in Florida, a statewide vote favoring such a gambling expansion must occur.

“Today, online sports betting occurs throughout the state of Florida,” the lawsuit states. “But no citizens’ initiative has ever been held to provide authorization. And the people of Florida have never been allowed to exercise their constitutional right to decide whether sports betting should be authorized throughout the state.”

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