Question to Floridians out there

Wylecoyo · #1 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 05:33 AM

As I am about to move to Florida I decided to glance at the state laws pertaining to poker and I don't really like what I am seeing.

It appears it is illegal to own chips, tables, and/or to hold any type of game other than a penny-ante game which the state defines as any game where a player can win more than $10.00 per game, hand, and/or round.

Anyone care to share their experiences and/or knowledge of this? Do they allow Walmart to sell poker chips in Florida? Every Walmart I have been to in the last two years has been lousy with them, but none of them have been in Florida so I figure this is a pretty good litmus test - I Walmart won't sell something in Florida then you know it has to be illegal.

Thanks. This is gonna suck.

rolandshoffinc · #2 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 07:05 AM

Walmart sells poker chips in Florida, in fact everyone sells poker chips.
Where I live there is a place called Sun Fun where you can buy all kinds of poker chips and also poker tables. My neighbor bought one last week and we played on it Friday night.
We also have lots of casino boats and there are a few Indian Casinos where you can play for higher stakes than what is allowed at the Dog Track Casino's.
Right now is the buyers market for buying a home where I live. There are about 12,000 homes on the market and that is about how many are sold a year.
The last two years we got hit bad by the hurricanes, but before that I have lived here all my life and never realy seen a bad one.
Good Luck,
Roland Shoff
P.S. I am also an insurance agent and can help you out if you need it.

STANK1000 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 07:41 AM

PHEW...that's good to hear. for a second there i thought i was going to have to retract my bid i have on those 10,000 acres of swampland at only $50,000 an acre!

rolandshoffinc · #4 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by STANK1000

PHEW...that's good to hear. for a second there i thought i was going to have to retract my bid i have on those 10,000 acres of swampland at only $50,000 an acre!

$50,000 an acre is cheap around here. We usualy get two to three times that for our swamp land.

STANK1000 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 07:55 AM

will you take chips as a down payment?

legend · #6 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 08:18 AM

If you move to Florida, poker will be the least of your troubles. The drivers are the worst in history with no rhyme or reason for their actions, which is strange since all they talk about down there is Nascar. The smell of old people is always in the air too. Good luck going out for breakfast. It usually only takes 15 minutes before they finally bring you a cup of coffee. It also takes a little getting used to having every house be a one story dwelling. Even if you're rich, you look poor. And if you're poor, you're probably from there.

rolandshoffinc · #7 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by legend

If you move to Florida, poker will be the least of your troubles. The drivers are the worst in history with no rhyme or reason for their actions, which is strange since all they talk about down there is Nascar. The smell of old people is always in the air too. Good luck going out for breakfast. It usually only takes 10-15 minutes before they finally bring you a cup of coffee. It also takes a little getting used to having every house be a one story dwelling. Even if you're rich, you look poor. And if you're poor, you're probably from there.

I am probably poor than because I am from here.
I live in a two story house.
The people who are the bad drivers are from usualy from up North.
And I always get my coffe quickly but that is probably because I am nice to the waitress and wink at her.

legend · #8 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 08:42 AM

So you live in a high rise apartment?

Did you have scrapple with your eggs this morning?

Any bad drivers from up north must be trying to fit in.

So it only takes about 8 minutes for you to get your coffee as opposed to the 15 minutes it takes everyone else who points at their mug and begs Please

STANK1000 · #9 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rolandshoffinc

I am probably poor than because I am from here.
I live in a two story house.
The people who are the bad drivers are from usualy from up North.
And I always get my coffe quickly but that is probably because I am nice to the waitress and wink at her.

but does your house smell like old people?

rolandshoffinc · #10 (**permalink**) 06-26-2006, 09:17 AM

Funny you should ask about the smell,
I moved my grandmother into a brand new house last weekend and my mom bought her almost all new furniture and it already smells like old people.
The old mall in Melbourne is where are the old people walk. So they walk around like next to the wall on the inside of the Mall. They have actualy made a tornado of Old People Smell by going round and round and round the mall. (this is a true story)
And no I live in an actual 2 story house, not a condo.
The difference between a zoo up north and a zoo in the south is that at the zoo's in the south next to the description of the animal their is a description on how to cook them.