• Online Gambling Legal Florida

The only gambling activities authorized under these licenses are bingo, raffles, and games of skill and chance. A license must be issued by DIA before gambling takes place, including the promotion and sale of tickets. Applications should be received by DIA at least 30 days prior to the intended start of activity. While Florida law does not ban such events, Florida law generally bans the possession of gambling equipment commonly used for the operation of gambling, such as roulette wheels or tables, crap tables or layouts, bolita balls, chips with house markings, etc., and only licensed vendors may possess such equipment.

Casino gambling is on a constant rise in south Florida, which in turn has created a demand for professional poker dealers. The laws are regulated by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Pari-mutuel Wagering division. Any person interested in getting employment at a casino will need to meet the criteria set by the division.

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Instructions

• Eligibility
  Determine the eligibility criteria on your own. Make sure that you do not have an extensive criminal history, specifically related to gambling which may include shoplifting, gambling debts etc. If you fall into this category, you will automatically be rejected for the job.

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  Application
  Your first task will be to download the application from the PMV’s official website. The application title will be ‘cardroom employee occupational license’. You can further obtain the application in person or get it through mail by contacting a PMV representative at 850-487-1395.
  Now fill out the application with all relevant details. Make sure that you don’t leave any questions unanswered, even if they are related to criminal record. You will further be required to provide your fingerprints, which can be verified by the department by taking the help of FBI.
  After filling out the information, sign the application and send it to the PMV department. The address will be provided on the application. Make sure that you also mail a check in the name of the Department of Florida for the desired amount (somewhere in the region of $50).

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  Certification
  You will be required to get the necessary certification in order to get a poker job at a casino. There are many dealers’ schools in Florida which will charge you a fee and will hand you a degree upon completion. You will be required to pass a written test and complete a 120-hour course. These lessons will be based on different poker versions such as Texas hold ‘em, Omaha etc. Upon finishing the course, you will acquire a work permit, which will complete all the certifications.

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After being featured prominently at last year’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, skill-based slot machines—think Angry Birds, Candy Crush, or Guitar Hero, but played for cash—have been heralded as the heir apparent to the original slot machine. The stale original is boring for younger generations of casino-goers that have grown up playing interactive games on their smartphones. Casinos recognize that, to capture the attention of this market, they have to evolve the slot machine from the insert-a-token, pull-a-lever, and hope-for-fortune model.

One industry observer has suggested that the enthusiasm behind skill-based slots is “a sign of the casino industry’s destiny—sort of Bellagio meets Dave and Buster’s.” This may be true, and the future proliferation of skill-based slots might not be limited to places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Because the outcome of skill-based slots are, as the name implies, based on players’ skill, they may not be prohibited by the gambling laws of certain states.

Florida is not one of those states. Florida explicitly prohibits skill-based slots that pay out cash or other things of value. Florida Statute § 849.16 defines slot machine as “any machine or device . . . [that] may be operated and if the user, whether by application of skill or by reason of any element of chance or any other outcome unpredictable by the user, may: (a) Receive or become entitled to receive any piece of money, credit, allowance, or thing of value.” In addition, the State’s gambling laws and broad statutory definition of “slot machine” have created a very fine line between arcade games, like those offered at Chuck E. Cheese’s, and illegal slot machines.

The Palms II internet café of Ocala, Florida recently found itself on the wrong side of that line. Last December, a state court ordered the Palms II to cease operating video game machines that the State Attorney had deemed to be illegal slot machines. Order Granting Final Summary Judgment, Let’s of Ocala II, LLC v. Brad King et al., No. 15:2648-CA-G (Fla. Cir. Ct. July 13, 2016). The game in question involves two stages. In the first, a randomized “loot wheel” spins on the screen; where it lands dictates the potential points the player can win. In the second stage, the player attempts to click on ducks flying across the screen—much like Nintendo’s classic Duck Hunt. Successful players win points that are redeemable for cheap merchandise on-site. No cash equivalent is offered for the points.

The Palms II challenged the State Attorney’s determination in court, arguing that the games were skill-based and more akin to arcade games than illegal slot machines. The Circuit Court of Marion County disagreed, granting summary judgment against the Palms II. According to the court, the game constituted illegal gambling under Florida Statutes § 849.08 and § 849.16. Section 849.08 makes it a crime to play or engage “in any game . . . of chance, at any place, by any device whatever, for money or other thing of value.” As noted above, Section 849.16 defines illegal slot machines as machine-based games that contain “any element of chance or any other outcome unpredictable by the user.” The court found that the “loot wheel” at the outset of the game qualifies as an element of chance prohibited by the statutes. For the same reason, the court found that the games are not protected by under Florida’s Family Amusement Games Act—the statute enacted to protect arcade games like those at Chuck E. Cheese’s and Dave and Buster’s.

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Because Florida expressly prohibits skill-based slots, the court’s decision doesn’t have significant implications on the burgeoning industry. The decision does, however, highlight the potential complications that will arise as the industry grows amidst ill-fitting gaming laws. The skill-based slot machine industry is coming; states will need to be prepared with correspondingly modernized gaming laws and regulations.