Chapter 27 - GAMBLING

Sec. 26.05. - Retrospective Effect. Chapter 28 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Chapter 27 - GAMBLING[1]

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State Law reference— Gambling generally, Florida Statutes §§ 849.01—849.34; power of city to suppress and prohibit gambling, Florida Statutes § 168.08.

Sec. 27.01. - Playing or Engaging in Games Generally.

No person shall play or engage in any game of cards, keno, roulette, faro, dice, numbers, hazards or other game of chance, for money, property or thing of value.

(Code 1948, § 52.04)

Sec. 27.02. - Gambling Houses—Keeping or Maintaining.

No person shall have, keep, operate or maintain a gambling table or room or gambling implement, apparatus, or device, or any house, booth, tent, shelter or other place for the purpose of gaming or gambling, or in any such place of which he shall, directly or indirectly, have charge, control or management, either exclusively or with others, procure, suffer or permit any person to play for money or other valuable thing at any game whatsoever, whether the game shall be prohibited or not.

(Code 1948, § 52.01)

Sec. 27.03. - Same—Employees.

No persons shall act as a servant, clerk, agent, employee or collector of or for any person or in furtherance of any violation of Section 27.03 of this Code, whether before or after such violation.

(Code 1948, § 52.01)

Sec. 27.04. - Same—Renting.

No person, whether as owner or agent of a house, room, booth, shelter or other place, or any tenant or lessee thereof, shall rent, lease or subrent or sublease the same to any person, knowing that such premises is intended for a use in violation of Section 27.02 of this Code.

(Code 1948, § 52.03)

Sec. 27.05. - Same—Evidence.

If any implement, device, apparatus or paraphernalia commonly used in games of chance in gambling houses or by gamblers is found in any house, room, booth, shelter or other place, it shall be prima facie evidence that such premises is kept or maintained for the purpose of gambling and is prohibited by Section 27.02 of this Code.

(Code 1948, § 52.04)

Sec. 27.06. - Setting Up or Playing Other Games of Chance.

No person shall set up, promote or play at any game of chance by lot or with dice, cards, numbers, hazards or any other gambling devices whatsoever for, or for the disposal of money, property or thing of value, under the pretext of a sale, gift or delivery thereof, or of any right, share or interest therein.

(Code 1948, § 52.07)

Sec. 27.07. - Betting on Elections, etc.

No person shall stake, bet or wage any money, property or thing of value upon the result of any election, trial, contest of skill, speed, power or endurance of man, beast, vehicle, boat or airplane, or of any uncertain or dubious event; provided, however, that this section shall not make unlawful the award of prizes for actual competitions in athletic or scholastic contests where the same is otherwise permitted by law or ordinance, or by permits granted by the City Council, or under its authority.

(Code 1948, § 52.08)

Cross reference— Elections generally, ch. 21.

Sec. 27.08. - Gambling Machines.

No person shall manufacture, own, store, keep, possess, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend, give away, transport or offer so to do, or permit to be operated, placed, maintained, used or kept in any room, space or building owned, leased, rented or occupied by him, or under his management or control, any machine or device described in and prohibited by Florida Statutes §§ 849.15 and 849.16.

(Code 1948, § 52.09)

Sec. 27.09. - Stakeholders.

No person shall be, or become the custodian, depositary or stake-holder of any money, property or other thing of value staked, bet or wagered in violation of this Chapter.

(Code 1948, § 52.12)

Sec. 27.10. - Lotteries.

No person shall set up, promote or conduct any lottery for money, property or thing of value; or, by means of a lottery dispose of any money, property or thing of value; or conduct any lottery drawing for the distribution by lot or chance, or advertise any such lottery scheme or device in any newspaper or by circular, poster, pamphlet or otherwise; or sell, offer for sale or transmit by mail or otherwise, any lottery ticket or coupon, or share in or fractional part of any lottery ticket, coupon or share, whether such ticket, coupon or share represents an interest in a live lottery not yet played, or whether it represents or has represented, an interest in a lottery that has already been played; or attempt to operate, conduct or advertise any lottery scheme or device; or have in his possession any lottery wheel, implement or device whatsoever designed or intended for use, or used, in conducting any lottery or scheme for the disposal by lot or chance of any property or anything of value; or have in his possession any lottery ticket, or evidence of any share or right in any lottery ticket, or in any lottery scheme or device, whether such ticket or evidence of share or right represents an interest in a live lottery not yet played or whether it represents, or has represented, an interest in a lottery that has already been played; or have in his possession any lottery advertisement, circular, poster or pamphlet, or any list or schedule of any lottery prize, gift or drawing; or aid or assist in the setting up or conducting of any lottery, either by writing, printing or otherwise; or be interested in, or connected in any way with, any lottery or lottery drawing; or, aid or assist in the sale, disposal or procurement of any lottery ticket, coupon, share or right to any drawing therein, or in the payment or delivery of any prize or award resulting from a lottery or drawing. The word "lottery" shall include bolita, policy, numbers and the like by whatsoever name known.

(Code 1948, § 52.06; Ord. of 9-2-1953, § 1)

Sec. 27.11. - Seizure and Destruction of Gambling Devices—Generally.

Any table, fixture or implement, apparatus or paraphernalia used in, and adopted to gambling, and found in any gambling house, room, booth, tent, shelter or other place shall be seized by the police and the same shall be destroyed by the police upon the order of the municipal court, after a reasonable time, or shall be turned over to the sheriff upon his request or the request of the county solicitor, the State Attorney or the grand jury.

(Code 1948, § 52.10)

Sec. 27.12. - Same—Money and Other Property Not Defined in Preceding Section.

All sums of money, property or things of value, not defined in Section 27.11 of this Code, which shall be seized by, or come into the possession of the Police Department, and the prize, share of prize, bet, stake or wager in any lottery, scheme, device or game of chance prohibited by this Chapter shall be forfeited, and shall be disposed of as provided by law, to the extent that it may be forfeited to, and claimed by the state, and all other money and property so forfeited shall be reported to and be disposed of as directed by the City Council.

(Code 1948, § 52.11)

Sec. 26.05. - Retrospective Effect. Chapter 28 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT