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Gulfstream Park challenges Florida Decoupling Act in state Supreme Court

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Gulfstream Park sued in the Florida Supreme Court to block the Florida Gaming Control Commission from requiring year-round live racing as a condition of its slot-machine licence. The track argues the 2021 Decoupling Act violates equal protection rights and seeks an injunction against licence suspension if it stops racing; the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association opposed the challenge.

The court case could determine whether Gulfstream Park must maintain live racing to retain its slot-machine licence.

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State attorneys general seek Supreme Court review of prediction market oversight

A group of 40 state attorneys general asked the US Supreme Court to consider New Jersey’s prediction markets dispute. New Jersey wants to reverse an appellate decision giving federal commodity-trading legislation priority over its gambling rules.

Forty state attorneys general, drawn from both parties and speaking for 39 states plus Washington, D.C., have signed an amicus brief asking the US Supreme Court to take up New Jersey's suit against prediction market operators. The filing backs New Jersey's effort to reverse a decision by a lower appellate court, which held that the state's gambling statutes were displaced by federal commodity-trading law.

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