Florida gaming officers say 2025 greater than doubled unlawful playing bust tallies

Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) officers are touting the company’s crackdown on unlawful playing within the state in 2025 that greater than doubled the quantity of seized unlawful gaming funds and slot machines that have been nabbed in 2024.

The FGCC recapped its 2025 operations and confiscated some $14.47 million in unlawful playing funds and one other 6,725 unlawful slot machines from unlawful playing operations, in keeping with a news release issued by the company. Those figures are up considerably from 2024 figures.

In that earlier yr, theree have been 1,287 unlawful slot machines that have been confiscated by state playing regulators and a few $7.11 million in money related to these unlawful playing operations that have been seized.

FGCC Executive Director Alana Zimmer stated the elevated variety of crackdowns is the results of elevated vigilance in Florida. She stated the state’s interventions are interrupting unlawful playing outfits that don’t have any assurance of honest play, correct payouts or fundamental client protections. Those unlawful gaming operations additionally don’t pay acceptable taxes which deprives that state and native cities and counties the revenues they deserve.

“I thank Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature for their ongoing support of the Florida Gaming Control Commission,” stated Zimmer. “Their actions strengthen Florida’s gambling laws and help protect our communities. FGCC has been working diligently to halt illegal gambling through enforcement actions across the state, demonstrating the dedication of FGCC’s law enforcement officers.”

In January of 2025 FGCC officers and several other legislation enforcement companies informed state lawmakers they wanted extra leeway in efforts to discourage unlawful gaming within the state. Several prosecutors and sheriff’s officers stated they felt the state may grant extra powers, noting that illegal gaming operations busted typically concerned individuals who returned to bogus operations as a result of state penalties weren’t robust sufficient, past some fines.

Lawmakers finally handed extra laws (SB 2500), which DeSantis signed.

There have additionally been a number of extensively publicized crackdowns on unlawful gaming operations all through 2025 by the FGCC in cooperation with dozens of native legislation enforcement companies. Many of these busts got here after the FGCC elevated the variety of partnerships with native, state and federal legislation enforcement companies.