The Governor and Seminole Tribe Chairman have signed a new gambling compact.
The deal could bring the state at least $2.5-billion over the next five years and sports betting to the state.
With just a week to go in the Florida legislative session, the House Speaker has announced he and the Senate President have agreed to hold a special session the week of May 17th.
They'll use the time to ratify the gaming compact.
But attorney and gambling expert Daniel Wallach believes the deal could be dead even before the first wager is made.
It must get the approval of the U.S. Department of Interior, which has the final say, and even if the Secretary gives the green light, he anticipates lawsuits.
"Placing a mobile server on tribal property and allowing off-reservation gaming at race tracks, in pari-mutuel facilities, ballparks and the like, that an un-approvable gaming compact."
He believes the legal wrangling could last years.
He adds, "Under federal case law you can challenge a U.S. Secretary of the Interior determination on a gaming compact as being contrary to law arbitrary and capricious, and it runs smack into a long line of cases that said compacts can't include mobile wagering."