In person, you will now find eight new craps tables and 16 roulette tables. Seminole Tribe announces when sports betting will go live in Florida It’s the only legal option for online sports betting in the state. The Hard Rock Bet app is also now available to anyone in Florida. Forty-three electronic sports betting kiosks and a retail sportsbook with eight stations for in-person wagers launch at the Hard Rock in Tampa on Friday.
Some of the Hard Rocks in the state began in-person bets on Thursday. “When you’re up here and you’re just playing slots or something like that, now I can actually go and bet on my horses or I can go bet on my football team that’s playing tonight.” Some people were strongly against this addition, but others like a Hard Rock casino goer we spoke with were thrilled. That dream comes to fruition in Tampa on Friday despite one lawsuit still making its way through the Florida Supreme Court. The Seminole Tribe had been fighting to get sports betting in their casinos for years. Hard Rock officials call this “a new era in Florida gaming.” The “first roll” and the first in-person sports bet are at 11:30 a.m. Craps, roulette, and sports betting are opening at the Hard Rock Casino. (WFLA) - New gambling options start Friday in Tampa.