Case Name: Juan BARQUIN, Appellant, v. Orestes FLORES and Jose Flores, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-11-20
Citations: 459 So. 2d 436
Docket Number: No. 84-995
Parties: Juan BARQUIN, Appellant, v. Orestes FLORES and Jose Flores, Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 459
Pages: 436–437

Head Matter:
Juan BARQUIN, Appellant, v. Orestes FLORES and Jose Flores, Appellees.
No. 84-995.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 20, 1984.
Joel Lumer, Jugo & Ferradaz, Miami, for appellant.
Harvey D. Friedman, Miami Beach, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and JOR-GENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
Florida courts have consistently held that gambling obligations, even if valid in the state in which they were undertaken, are unenforceable in Florida as contrary to law and public policy. See Dorado Beach Hotel Gory. v. Jernigan, 202 So.2d 830 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), appeal dismissed, 209 So.2d 669 (Fla.1968); Young v. Sands, Inc., 122 So.2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); § 849.26, Fla.Stat. (1977). Thus, we find no error in the trial court's dismissal of Barquin's complaint, even though the gambling proceeds he sought to recover derived from a Puerto Rican lottery ticket lawfully purchased by a Puerto Rican resident in Puer-to Rico.
Affirmed.