One of the most highly anticipated sportsbooks expected to enter the fray in the Sunshine State is DraftKings Sportsbook. That means there’s a potential launch date for Florida online sports betting as early as October 15, 2021. Those hopes were given a huge boost in August when the US Department of the Interior approved online sports betting and the entire Florida Gaming Compact after 45 days of deliberations. After the signing of the 2021 Gaming Compact in April, there was real hope that online sports betting could make its way to the Sunshine State in 2021 or 2022. It’s been a big year thus far as proponents of online sports betting in Florida have seen two massive developments in the past four months.
