Florida Statute 551.121 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 551
SLOT MACHINES

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F.S. 551.121

551.121 Prohibited activities and devices; exceptions.—

(1) Complimentary or reduced-cost alcoholic beverages may not be served to persons playing a slot machine. Alcoholic beverages served to persons playing a slot machine shall cost at least the same amount as alcoholic beverages served to the general public at a bar within the facility.

(2) A slot machine licensee may not make any loan, provide credit, or advance cash in order to enable a person to play a slot machine. This subsection shall not prohibit automated ticket redemption machines that dispense cash resulting from the redemption of tickets from being located in the designated slot machine gaming area of the slot machine licensee.

(3) A slot machine licensee may not allow any automated teller machine or similar device designed to provide credit or dispense cash to be located within the designated slot machine gaming areas of a facility of a slot machine licensee.

(4)(a) A slot machine licensee may not accept or cash any check from any person within the designated slot machine gaming areas of a facility of a slot machine licensee.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) for employees of the facility, a slot machine licensee or operator shall not accept or cash for any person within the property of the facility any government-issued check, third-party check, or payroll check made payable to an individual.

(c) Outside the designated slot machine gaming areas, a slot machine licensee or operator may accept or cash a check for an employee of the facility who is prohibited from wagering on a slot machine under s. 551.108(5), a check made directly payable to a person licensed by the commission, or a check made directly payable to the slot machine licensee or operator from:

1. A pari-mutuel patron; or

2. A pari-mutuel facility in this state or in another state.

(d) Unless accepting or cashing a check is prohibited by this subsection, nothing shall prohibit a slot machine licensee or operator from accepting and depositing in its accounts checks received in the normal course of business.

(5) A slot machine, or the computer operating system linking the slot machine, may be linked by any means to any other slot machine or computer operating system within the facility of a slot machine licensee. A progressive system may be used in conjunction with slot machines between licensed facilities in Florida or in other jurisdictions.

(6) A slot machine located within a licensed facility shall accept only tickets or paper currency or an electronic payment system for wagering and return or deliver payouts to the player in the form of tickets that may be exchanged for cash, merchandise, or other items of value. The use of coins, credit or debit cards, tokens, or similar objects is specifically prohibited. However, an electronic credit system may be used for receiving wagers and making payouts.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2005-362; s. 10, ch. 2007-252; s. 22, ch. 2009-170; ss. 4, 5, ch. 2010-29; s. 60, ch. 2022-7.

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Cases Citing Statute 551.121

Total Results: 20

Rockow v. Hendry

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1970-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 230 So. 2d 717, 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 7049

Snippet: Savannah, supra. In Blood v. Hunt, 1929, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886, 890, Justice Whitfield, (who wrote *719a

DeLong v. Larkin

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1968-04-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 208 So. 2d 830, 1968 Fla. LEXIS 2320

Snippet: 858, 122 So. 217; Blood v. Hunt, 1929, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886. No. 36932 Supreme Court of

Glasser v. Columbia Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1967-03-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 197 So. 2d 6

Snippet: 708.08-708.10, F.S.A. [11] Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886. Cf. State v. Herndon, 158 Fla. 115, 27

Quintana v. Ordono

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-02-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 195 So. 2d 577

Snippet: and remanded. NOTES [1] Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886 (1929), "`By onerous cause or title

Smith v. Martin

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1966-03-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 186 So. 2d 16, 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3654

Snippet: As said by this court in Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886, “[a]t common law a husband had a freehold

Omwake v. Omwake

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-02-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 70 So. 2d 565, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1283

Snippet: or in event of divorce. Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886. At common law the wife’s land was conveyed

Merchant's Hostess Service of Florida, Inc. v. Cain

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1942-07-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 9 So. 2d 373, 151 Fla. 253, 1942 Fla. LEXIS 1147

Snippet: situation is different. In Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551,121 So. 886; Persons v. Tyree, 119 Fla. 288, 161 So

Hogan v. Supreme Camp of American Woodmen

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1941-03-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 1 So. 2d 256, 146 Fla. 413, 1941 Fla. LEXIS 1157

Snippet: Motor Lines, 57 2d 313; Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551,121 So. 886; Summer v. Osborne, 101. Fla. 742, 135

Kellogg-Citizens National Bank of Green Bay v. Felton

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1940-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 199 So. 50, 145 Fla. 68, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 903

Snippet: Lewis v. Yale, 4 Fla. 418; Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886; Lloyd v. Cooper Corp., 101. Fla. 533,…notes were executed. See Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886. In Kermans v. Strobhar, 106 Fla. 148,

Noyes v. Webster Investment Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1940-07-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 197 So. 390, 143 Fla. 702

Snippet: wife" was decided in Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551,121 South. Rep. 886. This Court also ruled in Korabeck

Bochterle, Et Vir v. Fla. Milk Co., Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1938-06-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 182 So. 215, 132 Fla. 827

Snippet: Headnotes 17 and 18 of Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So.2d 886. "A receiver should not be appointed

St. Petersburg Lumber Co. v. Risley

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1937-04-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 173 So. 832, 127 Fla. 658, 1937 Fla. LEXIS 1508

Snippet: 372, 106 Sou. Rep. 79; Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 *Page 664 Sou. Rep. 886; Deno v. Smith, 103 Fla

Pritchett v. Brevard Naval Stores Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1936-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 170 So. 610, 126 Fla. 156, 1936 Fla. LEXIS 1571

Snippet: of the common law. (See Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886; Hitz v. Jenks,123 U.S. 297, text 305,

Matthews v. McCain

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1936-10-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 170 So. 323, 125 Fla. 840, 1936 Fla. LEXIS 1363

Snippet: 2, of the Constitution. Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886; Sumner v. Osborne, 101 Fla. 742, 135

Stanley v. Powers

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1936-09-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 169 So. 861, 125 Fla. 322, 1936 Fla. LEXIS 1284

Snippet: *Page 325 135 So. 513; Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 896; Kelliher v. Kennard, 75 Fla. 665, 79

Durrance, Et Vir. v. Mallett-Brown Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1936-06-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 168 So. 829, 124 Fla. 468

Snippet: 121 So. 900, and also in Blood v. Hunt,97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886. In Citizens Bank Trust Co. v. Smith,

Wisdom v. Smith

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1936-05-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 168 So. 814, 124 Fla. 371

Snippet: opinion and judgment in Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551,121 So. 886, and on authority of the opinions and judgments

Barton v. Moline Properties, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-07-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 164 So. 551, 121 Fla. 683

Snippet: Ellis, Terrell, Buford, Davis 6 July 1935 164 So. 551, 121 Fla. 683 N. P. Robineau, and Garland M. Budd,

Persons, Et Vir. v. Tyree

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-05-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 408, 119 Fla. 288

Snippet: of the Constitution. See Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551,121 So. 886. Affirmed. *Page 293 WHITFIELD, C. J.,

Gibson v. Ingals

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-05-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 395, 119 Fla. 214, 1935 Fla. LEXIS 955

Snippet: relates." In the case of Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So.2d Rep. 886, Mr. Presiding Justice WHITFIELD