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Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 849
GAMBLING
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F.S. 849.26
849.26 Gambling contracts declared void; exception.All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds or other contracts, mortgages or other securities, when the whole or part of the consideration if for money or other valuable thing won or lost, laid, staked, betted or wagered in any gambling transaction whatsoever, regardless of its name or nature, whether heretofore prohibited or not, or for the repayment of money lent or advanced at the time of a gambling transaction for the purpose of being laid, betted, staked or wagered, are void and of no effect; provided, that this act shall not apply to wagering on pari-mutuels or any gambling transaction expressly authorized by law.
History.s. 1, ch. 26543, 1951.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 849.26
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 849.26.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 849.26

Total Results: 13

Kirk Taboada v. Rodrigo Chapur Duarte

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-14T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: defenses and counterclaims, including that section 849.26, Florida Statutes, rendered the note void and …void and unenforceable under Florida law. Section 849.26 provides that “[a]ll promises, agreements, notes…purpose of being laid, betted, staked or wagered,” § 849.26, Fla. Stat., the note was void and unenforceable…enforceability of the promissory note under section 849.26, so the “same questions” weren’t involved. Additionally

Wallisville Corporation, Inc. v. Chris McGuinness, Dodie's Reef, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-01-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 154 So. 3d 501, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 179

Snippet: a gambling website. It determined that section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2013), precluded such a suit…grounds, that the complaint was barred by section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2013), as an attempt to collect…gambling debt, which was unenforceable under section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2018). After a full hearing,…So.2d 587, 590 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). Section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2013), provides: [1.] All…transaction expressly authorized by law. § 849.26, Fla. Stat. (2013) (numbering added). This statute

CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUSTRIES v. Holzman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-09-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 660 So. 2d 410

Snippet: are unenforceable in Florida pursuant to section 849.26, Florida Statutes (1993). Subsequently, in January… both the state's public policy and section 849.26, Carnival's complaint failed to present a justiciable…policy of Florida has changed since the time section 849.26 was first passed. In the Froug case, which was

Carnival Leisure Indus. Ltd. v. Arviv

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-05-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 655 So. 2d 177

Snippet: unenforceable gambling debt by virtue of section 849.26, Florida Statutes (1993). Thereafter, Carnival …Froug case the circuit court ruled that section 849.26, Florida Statutes, did not bar the collection of… pending. Because the interpretation of section 849.26 was the dispositive issue in both cases, the trial…policy with respect to a statewide lottery, section 849.26 continued to bar enforcement of a legally incurred…to reverse the attorney's fee award. Section 849.26, Florida Statutes (1993) provides, insofar as pertinent

CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUS. LTD. v. Herman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-11-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 629 So. 2d 882

Snippet: in Florida. We interpret Florida Statute Section 849.26 as exempting transactions expressly authorized

Froug v. CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUS. LTD.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-11-08T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 627 So. 2d 538

Snippet: recovery is barred because of Section 849.26. In interpreting Section 849.26, "Florida courts have consistently…suit, Froug relied on Florida Statutes, Section 849.26 (1991), which states: All promises, agreements,…459 So.2d 436, 436-37 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). See § 849.26, Fla. Stat. (1991); Carp v. Florida Real Estate…a protective policy, similar to that of Section 849.26. See Annotation, Law of Forum Against Wagering

M & R INVESTMENTS, CO. INC. v. Hacker

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-09-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 511 So. 2d 1099

Snippet: court which entered the judgment. Citing section 849.26, Florida Statutes (1985) which makes void any agreement

MGM Grand Hotel, Inc. v. Siegel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 506 So. 2d 451, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1340, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7668

Snippet: negligence-innkeeper liability theory, is barred by § 849.26, Fla.Stat. (1983). . The damage issue is not

Barquin v. Flores

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-11-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 459 So. 2d 436

Snippet: Sands, Inc., 122 So.2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); § 849.26, Fla. Stat. (1977). Thus, we find no error in the

Carp v. Florida Real Estate Commission

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1968-06-04T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 211 So. 2d 240

Snippet: contracts relating to bookmaking are void, Fla. Stat. § 849.26, F.S.A. This is so even though the gambling contracts

Lamkin v. Faircloth

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1968-01-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 204 So. 2d 747, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 6134

Snippet: fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.” Sections 849.26 and 849.27 Florida Statutes provide that any gambling

Dorado Beach Hotel Corporation v. Jernigan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-09-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 2d 830

Snippet: debt was uncollectable *831 by virtue of Section 849.26, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. We are in accord with

Young v. Sands, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1960-08-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 122 So. 2d 618

Snippet: is taken. The affirmative defense is based on § 849.26, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., which provides as follows: