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Betting. For definition and for s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), see WAGER.Bets are irrecoverable at law by virtue of s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845, and the (English) Gaming Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 9). The latter statute gets rid of the decision in Real v. Anderson, (1884) 13 QBD 779; and see Tatam v. Reeve, (1893) 1 QB 44; and De Mattos v. Benjamin, (1894) 70 LT 560. In the case of a cheque given in payment of a gaming transaction the combined effect of s. 1 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1710 (9 Anne, c. 14), and ss. 1 and 2 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1835, was that if it was paid to any indorsee or holder, the amount so paid could be recovered by the drawer from the payee, Dey v. Mayo, (1920) 2 KB 346; Sutters v. Briggs, (1922) 1 AC 1. The Gaming Act, 1922, does away with this position.The (English) Betting Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 119)--as to which see Reg. v. Brown, (1895) 1 QB 119--elaborately provides for suppressing of houses, rooms...
Khandani
Khandani, Gangs collect money from various businessman, land developers, person carrying on the illegal activities in gambling dens, drug traffickers, etc. Such collected money is termed as 'protection money' which in Marathi referred to as 'Khandani' (Khandani is a Marathi word which relates to long past history where the rulers used to collect Khandani from their subjects), State of Maharashtra v. Bharat Chaganlal Raghani, AIR 2002 SC 409 (413): (2001) 9 SCC I....
Common gaming house
Common gaming house, 'common gaming house' means--(i) in the case of gaming--(a) on the market price of cotton, opium or other commodity or on the digits of the number used is stating such price, or(b) on the amount of variation in the market price of any such commodity or on the digits of the number used in stating the amount of such variation, or(c) on the market price of any stock or share or on the digits of the number used in stating such price, or(d) on the occurrence or non-occurrence of rain or other natural event, or(e) on the quantity of rainfall or on the digits of the number used in stating such quantity, or(f) on the pictures, digits or figures of one or more playing cards or other documents or objects bearing numbers, or on the total of such digits or figures, or on the basis of the occurrence or non-occurrence of any uncertain future event, or on the result of any draw, or on the basis of the sequence or any permutation or combination of such pictures, digits, figures, n...
Gaming
Gaming, it is the act or practice of gambling on a game of chance. It is staking on chance where chance is the controlling factor, K.R. Lakshmanan (Dr.) v. State of T.N., AIR 1996 SC 1153 (1165): (1996) 2 SCC 226. [T.N. Gaming Act, (3 of 1930), s. 11]Gaming is an inclusive definition which includes a game of chance and skill combined or a pretended game of chance or of chance and skill combined. M.J. Sivani v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1995 SC 1770 (1772): (1995) 8 SCC 289....
Policy Proof of Interest (P.P.I.) (English)
Policy Proof of Interest (P.P.I.) (English). A policy of marine insurance which was made valid by its terms, although the insurer had no insurable interest. Such a policy in the absence of an insur-able interest is made void by the Gaming Act, 1845. The Marine Insurance Act, 1906 (s. 4), specifically declares such policies void. The Marine Insurance (Gambling Policies) Act, 1909, makes it an offence to effect a contract of marine insurance without an insurable interest....
Protection money
Protection money, unaccounted accumulation of black money in the hands of a few has encouraged the gangsters to widen the scope of their activities. Because of the money and muscle power, they are in a position of procuring highly sophisticated weapons. Such gangs collect money from various businessmen, land developers, persons carrying on illegal activities in gambling dens, drug traffickers etc. Such collected money is termed as 'protection money', State of Maharashra v. Bharat Chaganlal Ragbani, (2001) 9 SCC 1 (6)....
Stockjobbing Act
Stockjobbing Act (English) (7 Geo. 2, c. 8) (made perpetual by 10 Geo. 2, c. 8), which was repealed by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 28. Gambling transactions in stockjobbing are now subject only to the same law as is applicable to wagers....
losings
something lost especially money lost at gambling Inverse of winnings...
losses
something lost especially money lost at gambling Inverse of winnings...
Crack loo
A kind of gambling game consisting in pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor...
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