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2 An act relating to cardrooms; amending s.
3 849.086, F.S.; defining the term "tournament";
4 revising license fees; revising hours of
5 operation; authorizing the award of certain
6 prizes; revising betting limits; authorizing
7 tournaments; providing tournament requirements;
8 providing an appropriation and authorizing
9 additional positions; providing an effective
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (2) of
15 section 849.086, Florida Statutes, paragraph (d) of subsection
16 (5), subsections (7) and (8), paragraph (h) of subsection
17 (13), and subsection (16) of that section are amended, to
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19 849.086 Cardrooms authorized.--
20 (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:
21 (l) "Tournament" means a series of games that have
22 more than one betting round involving one or more tables and
23 where the winners or others receive a prize or cash award.
24 (5) LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEES.--No person
25 may operate a cardroom in this state unless such person holds
26 a valid cardroom license issued pursuant to this section.
27 (d) The annual cardroom license fee for each facility
28 shall be $1,000 for the first table and $500 for each
29 additional table to be operated at the cardroom. The This
30 license fee shall be deposited by the division with the Chief
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1 Financial Officer to the credit of the Pari-mutuel Wagering
2 Trust Fund.
3 (7) CONDITIONS FOR OPERATING A CARDROOM.--
4 (a) A cardroom may be operated only at the location
5 specified on the cardroom license issued by the division, and
6 such location may only be the location at which the
7 pari-mutuel permitholder is authorized to conduct pari-mutuel
8 wagering activities pursuant to such permitholder's valid
9 pari-mutuel permit or as otherwise authorized by law.
10 (b) Any horserace, greyhound race, or jai alai
11 permitholder licensed under this section may operate a
12 cardroom at the pari-mutuel facility on any day for a
13 cumulative amount of 12 hours if the permitholder meets the
14 requirements under paragraph (5)(b). A cardroom may be
15 operated at the facility only when the facility is authorized
16 to accept wagers on pari-mutuel events during its authorized
17 meet. A cardroom may operate between the hours of 12 noon and
18 12 midnight on any day a pari-mutuel event is conducted live
19 as a part of its authorized meet. However, a permitholder who
20 holds a valid cardroom license may operate a cardroom between
21 the hours of 12 noon and 12 midnight on any day that live
22 racing of the same class of permit is occurring within 35
23 miles of its facility if no other holder of that same class of
24 permit within 35 miles is operating a cardroom at such time
25 and if all holders of the same class of permit within the
26 35-mile area have given their permission in writing to the
27 permitholder to operate the cardroom during the designated
28 period. Application to operate a cardroom under this paragraph
29 must be made to the division as part of the annual license
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1 (c) A cardroom operator must at all times employ and
2 provide a nonplaying dealer for each table on which authorized
3 card games which traditionally use utilize a dealer are
4 conducted at the cardroom. Such dealers may not have a any
5 participatory interest in any game other than the dealing of
6 cards and may not have an interest in the outcome of the game.
7 The providing of such dealers by a licensee does shall not
8 constitute be construed as constituting the conducting of a
9 banking game by the cardroom operator.
10 (d) A cardroom operator may award giveaways, jackpots,
11 and prizes to a player who holds certain combinations of cards
12 specified by the cardroom operator.
13 (e)(d) Each cardroom operator shall conspicuously post
14 upon the premises of the cardroom a notice which contains a
15 copy of the cardroom license; a list of authorized games
16 offered by the cardroom; the wagering limits imposed by the
17 house, if any; any additional house rules regarding operation
18 of the cardroom or the playing of any game; and all costs to
19 players to participate, including any rake by the house. In
20 addition, each cardroom operator shall post at each table a
21 notice of the minimum and maximum bets authorized at such
22 table and the fee for participation in the game conducted.
23 (f)(e) The cardroom facility is shall be subject to
24 inspection by the division or any law enforcement agency
25 during the licensee's regular business hours. The inspection
26 must will specifically include encompass the permitholder
27 internal control procedures approved by the division.
28 (g)(f) A cardroom operator may refuse entry to or
29 refuse to allow to play any person who is objectionable,
30 undesirable, or disruptive to play, but such refusal may shall
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1 sex, national origin, marital status, physical handicap, or
2 age, except as provided in this section.
3 (8) METHOD OF WAGERS; LIMITATION.--
4 (a) No wagering may be conducted using money or other
5 negotiable currency. Games may only be played utilizing a
6 wagering system whereby all players' money is first converted
7 by the house to tokens or chips which shall be used for
8 wagering only at that specific cardroom.
9 (b) The cardroom operator may limit the amount wagered
10 in any game or series of games, but the maximum bet may not
11 exceed $5 $2 in value. There may not be more than three raises
12 in any round of betting. The fee charged by the cardroom for
13 participation in the game shall not be included in the
14 calculation of the limitation on the bet amount provided in
15 this paragraph. However, a cardroom operator may conduct games
16 of Texas Hold-em without a betting limit if the required
17 player buy-in is no more than $100.
18 (c) A tournament shall consist of a series of games.
19 The entry fee for a tournament, including any re-buys, may not
20 exceed the maximum amount that could be wagered by a
21 participant in 10 like-kind, nontournament games under
22 paragraph (b). Tournaments may be played only with tournament
23 chips that are provided to all participants in exchange for an
24 entry fee and any subsequent re-buys. All players must receive
25 an equal number of tournament chips for their entry fee.
26 Tournament chips have no cash value and represent tournament
27 points only. There is no limitation on the number of
28 tournament chips that may be used for a bet except as
29 otherwise determined by the cardroom operator. Tournament
30 chips may never be redeemed for cash or for any other thing of
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1 determined by the cardroom operator before entry fees are
2 accepted. For purposes of tournament play only, the term
3 "gross receipts" means the total amount received by the
4 cardroom operator for all entry fees, player re-buys, and fees
5 for participating in the tournament less the total amount paid
6 to the winners or others as prizes.
7 (13) TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS.--
8 (h) One-quarter of the moneys deposited into the
9 Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (g)
10 shall, by October 1 of each year, be distributed to the local
11 government that approved the cardroom under subsection (16)
12 counties in which the cardrooms are located; however, if two
13 or more pari-mutuel racetracks are located within the same
14 incorporated municipality, the cardroom funds shall be
15 distributed to the municipality. If a pari-mutuel facility is
16 situated in such a manner that it is located in more than one
17 county, the site of the cardroom facility shall determine the
18 location for purposes of disbursement of tax revenues under
19 this paragraph. The division shall, by September 1 of each
20 year, determine: the amount of taxes deposited into the
21 Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund pursuant to this section from
22 each cardroom licensee; the location by county of each
23 cardroom; whether the cardroom is located in the
24 unincorporated area of the county or within an incorporated
25 municipality; and, the total amount to be distributed to each
26 eligible county and municipality.
27 (16) LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVAL.--The
28 Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering shall not issue any initial
29 license under this section except upon proof in such form as
30 the division may prescribe that the local government where the
31 applicant for such license desires to conduct cardroom gaming
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1 has voted to approve such activity by a majority vote of the
2 governing body of the municipality or the governing body of
3 the county if the facility is not located in a municipality a
4 majority of the county commissioners in the county where the
5 applicant for such license desires to conduct cardroom gaming
6 has voted to approve such activity within the county.
7 Section 2. For the 2007-2008 fiscal year, four
8 full-time equivalent positions and 138,949 in associated
9 salary rate are authorized, and the sums of $230,722 in
10 recurring funds and $48,411 in nonrecurring funds are
11 appropriated from the Pari-mutuel Wagering Trust Fund of the
12 Department of Business and Professional Regulation for the
13 purpose of carrying out activities related to this act.
14 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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