Florida SB 1164: Gambling

Bill Text

1164 
Gambling 
2026-01-06T04:23:33Z 
Deleting language concerning factors to be considered in appointments to the Florida Gaming Control Commission; prohibiting betting on athletic contests with knowledge that the results are prearranged or predetermined; defining the terms “Internet gambling” and “Internet sports wagering”; prohibiting Internet gambling and Internet sports wagering and related offenses; prohibiting the transportation of a specified number of people, for the purpose of facilitating illegal gambling; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance or rule regarding the regulation of gaming, gambling, lotteries, or any activities described in specified provisions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-10-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1164 

 By Senator Yarborough 

 4-01069A-26 20261164__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to gambling; amending s. 16.71, F.S.; 
 3 deleting obsolete provisions; deleting language 
 4 concerning factors to be considered in appointments to 
 5 the Florida Gaming Control Commission; amending s. 
 6 551.104, F.S.; revising hiring and procurement policy 
 7 and reporting requirements for slot machine gaming 
 8 licensure; amending s. 838.12, F.S.; prohibiting 
 9 betting on athletic contests with knowledge that the 
 10 results are prearranged or predetermined; providing 
 11 criminal penalties; amending s. 843.08, F.S.; 
 12 prohibiting false personation of personnel of the 
 13 Florida Gaming Control Commission; providing criminal 
 14 penalties; amending s. 849.01, F.S.; revising criminal 
 15 penalties for offenses involving keeping a gambling 
 16 house; amending s. 849.02, F.S.; increasing criminal 
 17 penalties for specified offenses by agents or 
 18 employees of a keeper of a gambling house; amending s. 
 19 849.03, F.S.; revising criminal penalties for offenses 
 20 involving renting a house for gambling purposes; 
 21 amending s. 849.08, F.S.; defining the terms “Internet 
 22 gambling” and “Internet sports wagering”; prohibiting 
 23 Internet gambling and Internet sports wagering and 
 24 related offenses; providing criminal penalties; 
 25 providing an exception; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; 
 26 prohibiting specified actions relating to manipulation 
 27 of card games; providing criminal penalties; amending 
 28 s. 849.11, F.S.; prohibiting certain offenses related 
 29 to games of chance using the Internet; providing 
 30 criminal penalties; amending s. 849.13, F.S.; 
 31 providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or 
 32 subsequent violations of certain provisions; amending 
 33 s. 849.14, F.S.; revising criminal penalties for 
 34 betting or wagering on certain activities; amending s. 
 35 849.15, F.S.; defining terms; providing criminal 
 36 penalties for specified offenses relating to the 
 37 manufacture, possession, and sale of slot machines or 
 38 devices; creating s. 849.155, F.S.; prohibiting 
 39 trafficking in slot machines, devices, or parts 
 40 thereof; providing criminal penalties; providing for 
 41 the deposit of fines into a specified trust fund for 
 42 specified purposes; creating s. 849.157, F.S.; 
 43 prohibiting the making of a false or misleading 
 44 statement regarding the legality of slot machines or 
 45 devices for specified purposes; providing criminal 
 46 penalties; repealing s. 849.23, F.S., relating to 
 47 penalties for violations of specified sections; 
 48 creating s. 849.47, F.S.; defining the term “illegal 
 49 gambling”; prohibiting the transportation of a 
 50 specified number of people, for the purpose of 
 51 facilitating illegal gambling; providing criminal 
 52 penalties; creating s. 849.48, F.S.; defining the term 
 53 “illegal gambling”; prohibiting specified gambling or 
 54 gaming advertisements; providing criminal penalties; 
 55 creating s. 849.49, F.S.; prohibiting counties, 
 56 municipalities, and other political subdivisions from 
 57 enacting or enforcing any ordinance or rule regarding 
 58 the regulation of gaming, gambling, lotteries, or any 
 59 activities described in specified provisions; 
 60 providing exceptions; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; 
 61 providing for consideration of the amount of currency 
 62 seized connected to or involved in specified gambling 
 63 or gaming offenses when determining whether to release 
 64 a defendant prior to trial; amending s. 921.0022, 
 65 F.S.; ranking offenses for purposes of the offense 
 66 severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment 
 67 Code; amending ss. 772.102 and 895.02, F.S.; 
 68 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 69 providing an effective date. 
 70 
 71 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 72 
 73 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 
 74 16.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 75 16.71 Florida Gaming Control Commission; creation; 
 76 meetings; membersh