( May 16, 2024, 9:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a response to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by two casino operators who argue that a gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida unlawfully allows the tribe to offer sports betting, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland says Florida had the independent authority to grant the tribe such rights in the compact....