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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 849
GAMBLING
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849.07 Permitting gambling on billiard or pool table by holder of license.—If any holder of a license to operate a billiard or pool table shall permit any person to play billiards or pool or any other game for money, or any other thing of value, upon such tables, she or he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 14, ch. 6421, 1913; RGS 5505; CGL 7663; s. 1062, ch. 71-136; s. 1357, ch. 97-102.

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Ferguson v. State, 377 So. 2d 709 (Fla. 1979).

Cited 34 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

..., 849.11 and 849.14 would lose much of their force since the state could always prosecute under section 849.01 provided the gambling occurred on some person's premises. Moreover, the position advocated by the state would result in rendering nugatory section 849.07, Florida Statutes (1975), which provides that a proprietor who permits any person to play pool or billiards for money is guilty of a second-degree misdemeanor....

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