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2012 Florida Statutes
SECTION 28
Fraudulent obtaining of property by gaming.
Fraudulent obtaining of property by gaming.
817.28 Fraudulent obtaining of property by gaming.—Whoever, by the game of three-card monte, so-called, or any other game, device, sleight-of-hand, pretensions to fortunetelling, or other means whatever by the use of cards or other implement or implements, fraudulently obtains from another person property of any description, shall be punished as if he or she had been convicted of larceny.
History.—s. 53, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2473; GS 3343; RGS 5186; CGL 7289; s. 1256, ch. 97-102.