The drive to get the nearly 900,000 petition signatures to put statewide mobile sports wagering on the November ballot in Florida took yet another twist Thursday night with Dave Portnoy’s entrance.

The Barstool Sportsbook frontman and Barstool Sports founder added his voice – via Twitter – to a late push in support of the Florida Educations Champions initiative started by fellow mobile operators DraftKings and FanDuel.

Portnoy’s dramatic entrance is somewhat fitting given the chaos that has surrounded sports wagering in the Sunshine State. The Seminole Tribe actually conducted digital wagering for five weeks with its Hard Rock Casino app in late 2021 after signing a compact with the state in May that essentially gave the Seminoles a monopoly on mobile betting.