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Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 849
GAMBLING
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F.S. 849.25
849.25 “Bookmaking” defined; penalties; exceptions.—
(1)(a) The term “bookmaking” means the act of taking or receiving, while engaged in the business or profession of gambling, any bet or wager upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed, power, or endurance of human, beast, fowl, motor vehicle, or mechanical apparatus or upon the result of any chance, casualty, unknown, or contingent event whatsoever.
(b) The following factors shall be considered in making a determination that a person has engaged in the offense of bookmaking:
1. Taking advantage of betting odds created to produce a profit for the bookmaker or charging a percentage on accepted wagers.
2. Placing all or part of accepted wagers with other bookmakers to reduce the chance of financial loss.
3. Taking or receiving more than five wagers in any single day.
4. Taking or receiving wagers totaling more than $500 in any single day, or more than $1,500 in any single week.
5. Engaging in a common scheme with two or more persons to take or receive wagers.
6. Taking or receiving wagers on both sides on a contest at the identical point spread.
7. Any other factor relevant to establishing that the operating procedures of such person are commercial in nature.
(c) The existence of any two factors listed in paragraph (b) may constitute prima facie evidence of a commercial bookmaking operation.
(2) Any person who engages in bookmaking shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
(3) Any person who has been convicted of bookmaking and thereafter violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, any person convicted under the provisions of this subsection shall not have adjudication of guilt suspended, deferred, or withheld.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 777.04, any person who is guilty of conspiracy to commit bookmaking shall be subject to the penalties imposed by subsections (2) and (3).
(5) This section shall not apply to pari-mutuel wagering in Florida as authorized under chapter 550.
(6) This section shall not apply to any prosecutions filed and pending at the time of the passage hereof, but all such cases shall be disposed of under existing laws at the time of the institution of such prosecutions.
History.—ss. 1-3, ch. 26847, 1951; s. 1073, ch. 71-136; s. 47, ch. 75-298; s. 1, ch. 78-36; s. 48, ch. 87-243; s. 64, ch. 92-348; s. 1374, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 849.25


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 849.25
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S849.25 2 - BOOKMAKING - 1ST OFF - F: T
S849.25 3 - BOOKMAKING - SUBSQ OFF - F: S
S849.25 4 - BOOKMAKING - CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SUBSQ OFF - F: S
S849.25 4 - BOOKMAKING - CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT 1ST OFF - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 849.25

Total Results: 20

Santoro v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-06-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 959 So. 2d 1235, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 9583, 2007 WL 1790757

Snippet: unknown, or contingent event whatsoever. See § 849.25(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2001). The bookmaking statute… of such person are commercial in nature. See § 849.25(l)(b). The trial court instructed the jury that…skill, speed, power, or endurance of man. See § 849.25(l)(a); Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 22.14. The…also instructed the jury to consider the section 849.25(l)(b) factors in making its deliberations. See …information specifically alleged violations of section 849.25(l)(a). The trial court properly instructed the

DEPT. of LEGAL AFFAIRS v. Bradenton Group

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-09-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 727 So. 2d 199

Snippet: 849.09, s. 849.14, s. 849.15, s. 849.23, or s. 849.25, relating to gambling. § 895.02(1)(a)(32), Fla

Johnson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-07-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 715 So. 2d 1017, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 9052, 1998 WL 406308

Snippet: Except as otherwise provided in ss. 828.125(2), 849.25(4), 893.135, and 921.0012, the offense of criminal…s. 775. 082 or s. 775.083. Sections 828.125(2), 849.25(4), and 893.135, Florida Statutes (1995), which

Standard Jury Instructions

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

Citation: 723 So. 2d 123

Snippet: None None 849.25 Bookmaking None

Standard Jury Instructions-Criminal Cases

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

Citation: 603 So. 2d 1175

Snippet: CATEGORY 2 Bookmaking 849.25(3) Bookmaking 849.25(2) Attempt …550.361 (adapted from former 849.24) Bookmaking — 849.25(1) and (2) None Attempt [

Polakoff v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-08-08T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 586 So. 2d 385

Snippet: 849.14, s. 849.15, s. 849.23, s. 849.24, or s. 849.25, relating to gambling. (b) In gambling activity

Charatz v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1991-03-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 577 So. 2d 1298

Snippet: Charatz's sentence, asserting that sections 849.25(2) and (4), Florida Statutes (1987), prohibited…bookmaking charges. There is no doubt that sections 849.25(2) and (4) prohibit the withholding of adjudication

State v. Rokos

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-12-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 570 So. 2d 1154, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 9680, 1990 WL 205499

Snippet: for further proceedings in accord with section 849.25(2), Florida Statutes (1985). See Charatz v. State…1990). We agree with the state that under section 849.25(2) the court could not withhold adjudication following

Charatz v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-01-24T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 555 So. 2d 1303, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 441, 1990 WL 4101

Snippet: bookmaking and bookmaking in violation of sections 849.25(1) and (2), Flor*1304ida Statutes. He changed his…Possession of Methaqualone. 5. Florida Statutes 849.25(2) and (4) states that any person convicted of …which appellant was originally charged, section 849.-25(2), prohibits the withholding of adjudication of

Shaktman v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-10-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 553 So. 2d 148

Snippet: 1988). [4] § 895.03, Fla. Stat. (1983). [5] § 849.25, Fla. Stat. (1983). [6] Shaktman v. State, 433

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: Bookmaking — 849.25(2) None Attempt Bookmaking — 849.25(3) Bookmaking — 849.25(2) Attempt… provides an instruction on bookmaking. Section 849.25, Florida Statutes, was amended by Chapter 87-243… BOOKMAKING F.S. 849.25(1) Before you can find…contingent event.] F.S. 849.25(1)(b) To determine whether (defendant) … It is the committee's opinion that F.S. 849.25(1)(c) is for the judge

Vickery v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-02-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 539 So. 2d 499

Snippet: s. 775.083. [4] Section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1985), provides: 849.25 "Bookmaking" defined…, in which the defendant contended that section 849.25[4] (bookmaking) was unconstitutional as violative…violations as well as felony bookmaking under section 849.25. As in Cogswell, the defendants in Shaktman also…also challenged the constitutionality of section 849.25. The Third District, in upholding the bookmaking…prevailed in their constitutional challenge to section 849.25, Shaktman and Mart would not be entitled to reversal

State v. Marechal

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 532 So. 2d 730, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2236, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4281, 1988 WL 98574

Snippet: answer briefs. There it was held that section 849.-25, Florida Statutes (1985), which gives a prosecutor…Fla. 5th DCA 1987). The order declaring section 849.25 unconstitutional is reversed and the cause is remanded

Shaktman v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-05-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 529 So. 2d 711

Snippet: bookmaking; and bookmaking in violation of section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1983). The charges were the … statute under which they were charged, section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1983), was unconstitutional.…contendere pleas to felony charges pursuant to section 849.25. The remaining eleven appellants entered pleas …order. II. CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO SECTION 849.25, FLORIDA STATUTES (1983). The appellants were charged…felony offense of bookmaking pursuant to section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1983). The appellants subsequently

Hueso v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-04-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 522 So. 2d 1065, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1410, 1988 WL 31678

Snippet: . Cogswell, 521 So.2d 1081, (Fla.1988) (section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1985), the bookmaking statute

State v. Cogswell

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-03-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 521 So. 2d 1081

Snippet: KOGAN, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 849.25 provides: 849.25 "Bookmaking" defined; penalties…, in which the district court held that section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1985), dealing with bookmaking…charged with nine counts of bookmaking under section 849.25(1) (2), Florida Statutes (1985).[1] These charges…dollars. Cogswell filed a motion to declare section 849.25 unconstitutional, claiming that the conduct proscribed… the misdemeanor *1082 offense rendered section 849.25 susceptible to arbitrary, capricious, and discriminatory

State v. Bonsignore

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-02-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 522 So. 2d 420, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 525, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 616, 1988 WL 13057

Snippet: charged under the felony bookmaking statute, Section 849.25(1), which forbids the “taking or receiving any

State v. Gatto

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-11-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 516 So. 2d 289, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2688, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 11163, 1987 WL 1761

Snippet: the basis that the bookmaking statute, section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1985), was unconstitutional

Florida Bar Re Standard Jury Instructions—Criminal

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1987-05-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 508 So. 2d 1221, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 259, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 1921

Snippet: charged Bookmaking — 849.25(2) None Attempt Bookmaking — 849.25(3) Bookmaking — 849.25(2) Attempt Bookmaking

State v. Lillo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-05-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 506 So. 2d 94, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1146, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7945

Snippet: two counts of bookmaking, in violation of section 849.25, Florida Statutes (1985). He pleaded nolo contendere…withheld. The state objected, arguing that section 849.25(2) required an adjudication of guilt. Nevertheless…control, and withheld adjudication of guilt. Section 849.25(2) provides in pertinent part: Notwithstanding