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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 849
GAMBLING
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F.S. 849.04
849.04 Permitting minors and persons under guardianship to gamble.—The proprietor, owner, or keeper of any E. O., keno or pool table, or billiard table, wheel of fortune, or other game of chance kept for the purpose of betting, who willfully and knowingly allows a minor or person who is mentally incompetent or under guardianship to play at such game or to bet on such game of chance; or whoever aids or abets or otherwise encourages such playing or betting of any money or other valuable thing upon the result of such game of chance by a minor or person who is mentally incompetent or under guardianship, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For the purpose of this section, the term “person who is mentally incompetent” means a person who because of mental illness, intellectual disability, senility, excessive use of drugs or alcohol, or other mental incapacity is incapable of managing his or her property or caring for himself or herself or both.
History.—s. 1, ch. 3145, 1879; RS 2647; s. 9, ch. 4322, 1895; GS 3575; RGS 5502; CGL 7660; s. 1060, ch. 71-136; s. 5, ch. 88-33; s. 1356, ch. 97-102; s. 24, ch. 2013-162.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 849.04
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S849.04 - CONTRIB DELINQ MINOR - PERMIT MINOR TO GAMBLE - F: T
S849.04 - GAMBLING - ALLOW MENTALLY INCOMPETENT TO GAMBLE - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 849.04

Total Results: 7

Standard Jury Instructions

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-07-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 723 So. 2d 123

Snippet: None for gambling 849.04 Permitting minors None

Standard Jury Instructions-Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1992-07-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 603 So. 2d 1175

Snippet: gamble and billiard or — 849.04 pool

Godwin v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1992-01-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 593 So. 2d 211

Snippet: activities as church bingo or the Florida Lottery. § 849.04, Fla. Stat. (1989). It is true that some of the

In Re Stan. Jury Instr. in Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-03-29T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 543 So. 2d 1205

Snippet: holder of license — gamble — 849.04 849.07

Greene v. Greene

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-04-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 432 So. 2d 62

Snippet: court) and Zalduendo v. Zalduendo, 45 Ill. App.3d 849, 4 Ill.Dec. 450, 360 N.E.2d 386 (1977) (on appeal

Faircloth v. Central Florida Fair, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 2d 608, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4310

Snippet: activities involve games of chance. See, e.g., F.S.A. §§ 849.04, 849.08, 849.11. The exception is § 849.14 which

Bloomfield v. Mayo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1960-04-11T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 119 So. 2d 417

Snippet: 31 F.S.A.; Codomo v. Shaw, Fla. 1958, 99 So.2d 849. [4] State of Florida v. Furen, Fla., 118 So.2d 6.