Florida Statute 849.26 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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.

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Cases Citing Statute 849.26

Total Results: 13

Kirk Taboada v. Rodrigo Chapur Duarte

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-14

Snippet: defenses and counterclaims, including that section 849.26, Florida Statutes, rendered the note void and

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-01-07

Citation: 154 So. 3d 501, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 179, 2015 WL 71748

Snippet: a gambling website. It determined that section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2013), precluded such a suit

CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUSTRIES v. Holzman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-09-20

Citation: 660 So. 2d 410, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 9909, 1995 WL 552386

Snippet: are unenforceable in Florida pursuant to section 849.26, Florida Statutes (1993). Subsequently, in January

Carnival Leisure Indus. Ltd. v. Arviv

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-05-17

Citation: 655 So. 2d 177

Snippet: unenforceable gambling debt by virtue of section 849.26, Florida Statutes (1993). Thereafter, Carnival

CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUS. LTD. v. Herman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-11-10

Citation: 629 So. 2d 882, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 11437, 1993 WL 458979

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

Froug v. CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUS. LTD.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-11-09

Citation: 627 So. 2d 538, 1993 WL 462809

Snippet: suit, Froug relied on Florida Statutes, Section 849.26 (1991), which states: All promises, agreements

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-09-03

Citation: 511 So. 2d 1099, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2123, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 10116

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-04-14

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

Snippet: gambling contract rendered unenforceable by section 849.26, Florida Statutes.1 See Young v. Sands, Inc., 122

Barquin v. Flores

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-11-20

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-06-04

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-01-03

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-09-12

Citation: 202 So. 2d 830, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4353

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-08-19

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: