§ 817.28, Fla. Stat. · Part I. FALSE PRETENSES AND FRAUDS,GENERALLY
Fraudulent obtaining of property by gaming.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 53, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2473; GS 3343; RGS 5186; CGL 7289; s. 1256, ch. 97-102.
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