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Section 849.08 of the Florida Statutes says this about gambling: “Whoever plays or engages in any game at cards, keno, roulette, faro or other game of chance, at any place, by any device whatever, for money or other thing of value, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.

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2012 Florida Statutes

Chapter 849
GAMBLINGEntire Chapter
  • The bill sought to create a new Chapter 547 in the Florida statutes for sports wagering and place power in the hands of the Department of the Lottery to administer the chapter as well as regulate.
  • Chapter 849 GAMBLING SECTION 01 Keeping gambling houses, etc.
GAMBLING
849.04
Permitting minors and persons under guardianship to gamble.
849.07
Permitting gambling on billiard or pool table by holder of license.
849.085
Certain penny-ante games not crimes; restrictions.
849.091
Chain letters, pyramid clubs, etc., declared a lottery; prohibited; penalties.
849.092
Motor fuel retail business; certain activities permitted.
849.0931
Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct; permitted uses of proceeds; limitations.
849.0935
Charitable, nonprofit organizations; drawings by chance; required disclosures; unlawful acts and practices; penalties.
849.094
Game promotion in connection with sale of consumer products or services.
849.14
Unlawful to bet on result of trial or contest of skill, etc.
849.15
Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of coin-operated devices prohibited.
Case849.16
Machines or devices which come within provisions of law defined.
849.161
Amusement games or machines; when chapter inapplicable.
849.20
Machines and devices declared nuisance; place of operation subject to lien for fine.
849.231
Gambling devices; manufacture, sale, purchase or possession unlawful.
849.29
Persons against whom suits may be brought to recover on gambling contracts.

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849.30
Plaintiff entitled to writs of attachment, garnishment and replevin.
849.31
Loser’s testimony not to be used against her or him.
849.34
Loser’s judgment; recovery of property; writ of assistance.
849.36
Seizure and forfeiture of property used in the violation of lottery and gambling statutes.
849.37
Disposition and appraisal of property seized under this chapter.
849.38
Proceedings for forfeiture; notice of seizure and order to show cause.

2019 Florida Statutes

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Gambling Statute Florida Law

SECTION 15Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of slot machines or devices prohibited.

F.S. 849.15849.15 GamblingManufacture, sale, possession, etc., of slot machines or devices prohibited.—

Gambling Statute Florida Rules

(1) It is unlawful:
(a) To manufacture, own, store, keep, possess, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, transport, or expose for sale or lease, or to offer to sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, or permit the operation of, or for any person to permit to be placed, maintained, or used or kept in any room, space, or building owned, leased or occupied by the person or under the person’s management or control, any slot machine or device or any part thereof; or

Gambling Statute Florida Definition

(b) To make or to permit to be made with any person any agreement with reference to any slot machine or device, pursuant to which the user thereof, as a result of any element of chance or other outcome unpredictable to him or her, may become entitled to receive any money, credit, allowance, or thing of value or additional chance or right to use such machine or device, or to receive any check, slug, token or memorandum entitling the holder to receive any money, credit, allowance or thing of value.
(2) Pursuant to section 2 of that chapter of the Congress of the United States entitled “An act to prohibit transportation of gaming devices in interstate and foreign commerce,” approved January 2, 1951, being ch. 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also designated as 15 U.S.C. ss. 1171-1177, the State of Florida, acting by and through the duly elected and qualified members of its Legislature, does hereby in this section, and in accordance with and in compliance with the provisions of section 2 of such chapter of Congress, declare and proclaim that any county of the State of Florida within which slot machine gaming is authorized pursuant to chapter 551 is exempt from the provisions of section 2 of that chapter of the Congress of the United States entitled “An act to prohibit transportation of gaming devices in interstate and foreign commerce,” designated as 15 U.S.C. ss. 1171-1177, approved January 2, 1951. All shipments of gaming devices, including slot machines, into any county of this state within which slot machine gaming is authorized pursuant to chapter 551 and the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been duly performed by the manufacturer or distributor thereof in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of that chapter of the Congress of the United States entitled “An act to prohibit transportation of gaming devices in interstate and foreign commerce,” approved January 2, 1951, being ch. 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also designated as 15 U.S.C. ss. 1171-1177, shall be deemed legal shipments thereof into this state provided the destination of such shipments is an eligible facility as defined in s. 551.102 or the facility of a slot machine manufacturer or slot machine distributor as provided in s. 551.109(2)(a).

Gambling Statute Florida Law

History.—s. 1, ch. 18143, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(405-a); s. 1367, ch. 97-102; s. 2, ch. 2005-362; s. 156, ch. 2007-5; s. 11, ch. 2007-252.