Seminole Tribe: Broward filing names DraftKings and Robins

The Seminole Tribe of Florida filed a 72-page complaint in Broward County Circuit Court on October 8, 2026, saying DraftKings is offering a Florida sportsbook outside the 2021 gaming compact. That compact, as Legal Sports Report and Tribal Business News describe it, gives the Tribe exclusive sports betting through Hard Rock Bet and at least $2.5 billion in payments to Florida over five years. Defendants are DraftKings, CEO Jason Robins and GUS III LLC, which operates as DraftKings Predictions.

Who the October 8 complaint names

Pick6 and a second sports screen are the products in the filing. The Miami Herald calls that screen the Super App sportsbook and says the Tribe wants both shut in Florida, with the revenue handed over. Tribal Business News reported on October 9 that the Tribe would put recovered money toward consumer protection and problem-gambling programmes.

Robins is a defendant, not a footnote. Legal Sports Report said the complaint brings a civil racketeering claim against him and cites control of about 89% of DraftKings voting power. The allegation is that he directed the Florida push.

American odds became cents on August 28

On August 28, 2026, DraftKings swapped American odds for contract prices in cents on the Florida screen, Legal Sports Report wrote, and left the wagers underneath unchanged. The switch followed guidance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on August 7, 2026. Sportsbook-style odds, on that account, could mislead a customer about what the contract was.

"DraftKings changed the label on the price. It did not change the price, the product, or the transaction," the Tribe argues in the October 8 complaint. (Legal Sports Report)

Pick6, the Super App and customers aged 18

Legal Sports Report said DraftKings opened a predictions app in December 2025, brought Pick6 to Florida the following January and took a unified Sports & Casino app nationwide in June 2026. The ordinary sportsbook and online casino stay unavailable in the state. Moneylines, point spreads, totals, player props and parlays are still what that report sees on the Florida screen.

Age is the harder gap. Tribal Business News said the products take customers aged 18 to 20, under Florida's sports-betting minimum of 21, and offer college player props the compact bars.

"DraftKings' prediction markets offering operates in accordance with applicable law and the federal regulatory framework established under the Commodity Exchange Act," a DraftKings spokesperson said in a statement reported by WFTV. "Furthermore, DraftKings Pick6 is a peer-to-peer fantasy sports variant centered on a simple 'more or less' mechanic tied to individual athlete performance metrics and is not sports betting." That line does not address the 18-to-20 band.

What $2.5 billion buys Florida

The $2.5 billion is a payment floor over five years, not a handle figure and not a damages sum. The Miami Herald put the exclusivity at nearly the next 25 years.

Margin is the commercial reason the screen is there. Legal Sports Report said DraftKings told investors that folding Predictions into the flagship app cut customer acquisition costs by more than 80% in April, and that it plans to invest $200 million to $300 million in the business in 2026. The same report said the contracts avoid state sportsbook tax as high as 51% in New York. DraftKings and FanDuel quit the American Gaming Association because the trade body calls the product illegal sports betting.

Five counts and the remedy sought

WFTV set out five counts on October 8, 2026. They are pleadings, not findings.

Count	What the complaint pleads
1	An action to stop alleged illegal gambling
2	A Florida racketeering claim against CEO Jason Robins
3	An alleged violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
4	A common-law unfair competition claim
5	A declaration that the products are illegal gambling

Counts as described by WFTV on October 8, 2026.

The ask is an injunction plus profits. WFTV said the Tribe also wants nominal damages, fees and interest, and that its lawyers intend to ask later for permission to seek punitive damages. No dollar total, and no hearing date, appears in the October 8 reports.

Both the Tribe's suit and a league brief carry the date October 8, 2026. The NFL filing that asks the Supreme Court to treat sports contracts as gambling is the related piece on this site, and it takes the label fight to a national court rather than a Broward one.

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