The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . It determined that section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2013), precluded such a suit. . . . They argued, among other grounds, that the complaint was barred by section 849.26, Florida Statutes ( . . . Section 849.26, Florida Statutes (2013), provides: [1.] . . . . § 849.26, Fla. Stat. (2013) (numbering added). . . . Furthermore, appellees’ motion to dismiss based on section 849.26 raised an affirmative defense. . . .
. . . . § 849.26 states that: All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds or other contracts, mortgages or . . .
. . . . § 849.26 (2005) unequivocally provides that any type of gambling debt that is not expressly authorized . . . Stat. § 849.26, gambling is no longer against the public policy of Florida. . . .
. . . . § 849.26 (2004). . . . This strong public policy has been codified in Florida Statute § 849.26, which provides that: All promises . . . Stat. § 849.26 and is therefore unenforceable as a matter of state law. . . .
. . . Stat. eh. 849.26. . . . “In interpreting Section 849.26, Florida courts have consistently held that gambling obligations, even . . . Stat. ch. 849.26 (1991) states, All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages . . . Stat. ch. 849.26 (1991). . Id. . Froug v. . . .
. . . gambling obligations, although valid where created, are unenforceable in Florida pursuant to section 849.26 . . . foreign gambling debts have consistently been held to violate both the state’s public policy and section 849.26 . . . as in the instant ease, argued that the public policy of Florida has changed since the time section 849.26 . . .
. . . In the Froug case the circuit court ruled that section 849.26, Florida Statutes, did not bar the collection . . . Because the interpretation of section 849.26 was the dispositive issue in both cases, the trial court . . . that, notwithstanding Florida’s change in public policy with respect to a statewide lottery, section 849.26 . . . See § 849.26, Fla.Stat. (1993); Blosser v. . . . Arviv contends that in view of the existence of section 849.26, Florida Statutes, and earlier case law . . .
. . . We interpret Florida Statute Section 849.26 as exempting transactions expressly authorized by Florida . . .
. . . In defending the suit, Froug relied on Florida Statutes, Section 849.26 (1991), which states: All promises . . . incurred casino gambling debts in Florida courts, or whether such a recovery is barred because of Section 849.26 . . . In interpreting Section 849.26, “Florida courts have consistently held that gambling obligations, even . . . See § 849.26, Fla.Stat. (1991); Carp v. . . . that the majority of American jurisdictions follow a protective policy, similar to that of Section 849.26 . . .
. . . of whether this claim, as opposed to the gross negligence-innkeeper liability theory, is barred by § 849.26 . . . claims that the agreement sued upon was void as a gambling contract rendered unenforceable by section 849.26 . . . Reversed and remanded with directions. .Section 849.26 states: All promises, agreements, notes, bills . . .
. . . Sands, Inc., 122 So.2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); § 849.26, Fla.Stat. (1977). . . .
. . . . §849.26; Young v. . . .
. . . Moreover it is the public policy of the state as expressed in Florida Statute 849.26, F.S.A., that gambling . . .
. . . . § 849.26, F.S.A. . . .
. . . Sections 849.26 and 849.27 Florida Statutes provide that any gambling transaction to be excluded from . . .
. . . summary final judgment for defendant on the grounds that the debt was uncollectable by virtue of Section 849.26 . . .
. . . This conclusion is buttressed by the provisions of §§849.26 and 849.27, which provide that any gambling . . .
. . . The affirmative defense is based on § 849.26, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., which provides as follows: “Gambling . . .