Florida SB 1282: Public Records/Investigation of a Murder

Bill Text

1282 
Bingo Games 
2026-01-07T03:09:21Z 
Defining the term “instant bingo ticket dispenser”; revising the requirements to manufacture, issue, and operate instant bingo tickets; requiring that instant bingo ticket dispensers have certain features, etc. 
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2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1282 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00566-26 20261282__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to bingo games; amending s. 849.0931, 
 3 F.S.; revising definitions; defining the term “instant 
 4 bingo ticket dispenser”; revising the requirements to 
 5 manufacture, issue, and operate instant bingo tickets; 
 6 requiring that instant bingo ticket dispensers have 
 7 certain features; prohibiting instant bingo ticket 
 8 dispensers from having certain features; providing 
 9 construction; reenacting ss. 402.82(4)(e), 718.114, 
 10 723.079(10), 849.09(3), 849.094(1)(a), and 849.142(6), 
 11 F.S., relating to electronic benefits transfer 
 12 program, association powers, powers and duties of 
 13 mobile home owners’ associations, lottery prohibitions 
 14 and exceptions, game promotion in connection with the 
 15 sale of consumer products or services, and exempted 
 16 activities, respectively, to incorporate the amendment 
 17 made to s. 849.0931, F.S., in references thereto; 
 18 providing an effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Present paragraphs (g) through (j) of subsection 
 23 (1), paragraphs (g) and (h) of subsection (13), and subsection 
 24 (14) of section 849.0931, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 
 25 paragraphs (h) through (k) of subsection (1), paragraphs (j) and 
 26 (k) of subsection (13), and subsection (15), respectively, a new 
 27 paragraph (g) is added to subsection (1) of that section, new 
 28 paragraphs (g) and (h) and paragraph (i) are added to subsection 
 29 (13) of that section, a new subsection (14) is added to that 
 30 section, and paragraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of subsection (1) 
 31 and paragraphs (b) and (f) of subsection (13) of that section 
 32 are amended, to read: 
 33 849.0931 Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct; 
 34 permitted uses of proceeds; limitations.— 
 35 (1) As used in this section: 
 36 (a) “Bingo game” means and refers to the activity, commonly 
 37 known as “bingo,” in which participants pay a sum of money for 
 38 the use of one or more bingo cards. When the game commences, 
 39 numbers are drawn by chance, one by one, and announced. The 
 40 players cover or mark those numbers on the bingo cards which 
 41 they have purchased until a player receives a given order of 
 42 numbers in sequence that has been preannounced for that 
 43 particular game. This player calls out “bingo” and is declared 
 44 the winner of a predetermined prize. More than one game may be 
 45 played upon a bingo card, and numbers called for one game may be 
 46 used for a succeeding game or games. 
 47 (d) “Deal” means a separate set or package of not more than 
 48 4,000 instant bingo tickets in which the predetermined minimum 
 49 prize payout is at least 65 percent of the total receipts from 
 50 the sale of the entire deal. 
 51 (e) “Flare” means the board, or placard, or digital display 
 52 that accompanies each deal of instant bingo tickets and that 
 53 displays has printed on or affixed to it the following 
 54 information: 
 55 1. The game name. 
 56 2. The manufacturer’s name or distinctive logo. 
 57 3. The form number. 
 58 4. The ticket count. 
 59 5. The prize structure, including the number of symbols or 
 60 number combinations for winning instant bingo tickets by 
 61 denomination, with their respective winning symbols or number 
 62 combinations. 
 63 6. The cost per play. 
 64 7. The game serial number. 
 65 (f) “Instant bingo” means a form of bingo that is played at 
 66 the same location as bingo, using tickets that are sold by the 
 67 bingo operator or through an instant bingo ticket dispenser by 
 68 which a player wins a prize by opening and removing a cover from 
 69 the ticket to reveal a set of numbers, letters, objects, or 
 70 patterns, some of which have been designated in advance as prize 
 71 winners. 
 72 (g) “Instant bingo ticket dispenser” means a device that 
 73 dispenses an instant bingo ticket or reads a barcode printed on 
 74 the exterior of the instant bingo ticket as the ticket is 
 75 dispensed and displays the win or loss status of the instant 
 76 bingo ticket on a video display contained on the device. 
 77 (13) 
 78 (b) Each deal of instant bingo tickets must be accompanied 
 79 by a flare, and the flare must be visible to the player posted 
 80 before the sale of any tickets in that deal. 
 81 (f) Except as provided under paragraph (e), an instant 
 82 bingo ticket manufactured, sold, or distributed in this state 
 83 must: 
 84 1. Be manufactured so that it is not possible to identify 
 85 whether it