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FL S0522
Bill
Status
1/21/2011
Primary Sponsor
Miguel Diaz De La Portilla
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AI Summary
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Amends Florida law to allow bingo games to be offered in licensed cardrooms alongside existing poker and dominoes games.
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Defines "bingo" as a game where participants purchase cards, numbers are drawn by chance, players mark matching numbers, and winners receive predetermined prizes.
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Requires cardroom operators conducting bingo to return 80 percent of all bingo proceeds to players annually in the form of prizes and cash awards.
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Redefines "gross receipts" for bingo games as total amounts received less prizes and cash awards paid to winners, distinguishing it from the standard definition for other cardroom games.
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Takes effect July 1, 2011.
Legislative Description
Cardrooms
Last Action
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
5/7/2011