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You can bet the Oscars online from Florida using any number of internationally-based websites. Florida itself does not host gambling websites.
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In May 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could begin offering sports betting, including via the Web. While the Oscars may not seem like a sports betting event (and indeed it is not), for years the awards show has been a pivotal part of sportsbook offerings throughout the world. In fact, outside of the U.S. Presidential elections and a handful of other big political events like Brexit, the Oscars has long been the most bet on single day non-sporting event.
Senate President Bill Galvano, a Bradenton, Florida Republican, told the Associated Press sports betting is already happening in Florida, “just not regulated, and we are not collecting and sharing revenues from that activity. So that’s another area where we will be focused.”
Both Disney and the Seminoles made for unlikely bedfellows ahead of last November's elections, pumping millions into legislation that would put voters in charge of determining gambling expansion in the state. Disney would prefer not to have gambling at all while the Seminoles wish to maintain their near monopoly.
Galvano says there are ways around the amendment, at least as it pertains to some forms of gambling.
A bill this year “would include more of a comprehensive impact on the pari-mutuels, from tax rates to hours of operation, things of that nature that we can still still address” outside of the amendment, he said.
There will not be sportsbooks based in the state of Florida accepting bets on this year's Oscars, that much is guaranteed. Residents can still access and place bets on international sites.
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- Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com
