The Florida Supreme Court last week declined to reconsider its July ruling voiding Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's gaming compact with the Seminoles in which he approved a deal giving the tribe the right to offer slot machines, blackjack and table games that are illegal everywhere else in the state in exchange for at least $100 million annually.

State legislators opposing the deal won the case, meaning the U.S. Department of the Interior can shut the games down, but attorneys doubt that will happen, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Tuesday.

"I agree the tribe could not conduct the games indefinitely without reaching a valid compact or without the Interior Department invoking procedures," Seminole attorney Barry Richard said. "But right now, the tribe has every legal right to continue, and stopping would mean a loss of money to the state and a loss of jobs that would never come back."

"Since the casino is already established, we don't have any enforcement authority over the tribe," Interior Department spokeswoman Nedra Darling told the newspaper.