Florida prosecutors file racketeering charges over alleged $24m gambling operation
Florida's Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Gladson said his office filed racketeering charges against three people over an alleged illegal gambling operation in Sumter County. Investigators said more than $24m passed through accounts linked to the operation between January 2023 and July 2025; authorities seized 190 slot machines and more than $348,000 in cash during a July search.
The racketeering case signals that Florida prosecutors are pursuing alleged illegal gambling operations as organised enterprises.