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Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 849
GAMBLING
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F.S. 849.0915
849.0915 Referral selling.—
(1) Referral selling, whereby the seller gives or offers a rebate or discount to the buyer as an inducement for a sale in consideration of the buyer’s providing the seller with the names of prospective purchasers, is declared to be a lottery if earning the rebate or discount is contingent upon the occurrence of an event subsequent to the time the buyer agrees to buy.
(2) Any person conducting a lottery by referral selling is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) In addition to the penalty provided herein, the Attorney General and her or his assistants, the state attorneys and their assistants, and the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are authorized to apply to the circuit court within their respective jurisdictions, and such court shall have jurisdiction, upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating the provisions of this section, whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, and such injunction shall issue without bond.
History.—s. 1, ch. 72-110; s. 34, ch. 73-334; s. 1361, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 849.0915
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S849.0915 - LOTTERY-OPERATING - CONDUCT BY REFERRAL SELLING - M: F

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Cases Citing Statute 849.0915

Total Results: 2

State ex rel. State Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit v. General Development Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-03-23

Citation: 448 So. 2d 1074, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12361

Snippet: 559.-813(4); 559.923(2); 585.195(5); 817.561(4); 849.0915(3), Fla.Stat. (1981). See also §§ 116.-32; 210

STATE BY & THRO. STATE ATTY. v. Gen. Dev. Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-03-23

Citation: 448 So. 2d 1074

Snippet: 559.813(4); 559.923(2); 585.195(5); 817.561(4); 849.0915(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). See also §§ 116.32; 210