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Florida pari-mutuel wagering bonds.
$1,000 flat.
Before a Florida cardroom license issues, the applicant must post a $50,000 bond payable to the state, guaranteeing that the operator will redeem all chips and tokens for cash. Ours is $1,000 flat, the price you see is the checkout price. A quick soft credit check may apply; the bond is issued when you pay.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your cardroom license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a quick soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The check is always a soft pull — never a hard inquiry, no impact on your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the state
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your cardroom license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Florida regulates cardrooms operated by pari-mutuel permitholders under §849.086, Fla. Stat. Before a cardroom license issues, the applicant must provide evidence of a $50,000 surety bond payable to the state, or evidence that the permitholder’s existing pari-mutuel bond under §550.125 has been expanded to cover the cardroom operation.
The bond guarantees that the cardroom operator will redeem, for cash, all tokens or chips used in games, and must be kept in full force and effect throughout the license term. It protects players and the state against an operator that fails to honor its chips.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Florida’s pari-mutuel and cardroom regulation is administered by the Florida Gaming Control Commission (with the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering historically under DBPR); we issue on the form your authority names.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a quick soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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The cardroom license is waiting on one document.
$1,000 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.