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Lottery, a game of chance; a distribution of prizes by lot or chance, Taylor v. Smetten, (1883) 11 QBD 207. By 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared to be public nuisances, and all grants, patents, or licences for the same to be contrary to law; and the (English) Gaming Act, 1802 (42 Geo. 3, c. 119), imposes a penalty of 500l. on any person keeping any place for any lottery' not authorized by Parliament' for as lotteries were found to be a ready mode for raising money for the service of the state, they were from time to time sanctioned by Acts of Parliament passed expressly for this purpose (see 4 Geo. 4, c. 60), but by 6 Geo. 4, c. 60, they were abolished. As to what constitutes 'keeping' within the Act of 1802, see Martin v. Benjamin, (1907) 1 KB 64; but a body corporate cannot be convicted (s. 41) as rogues and vagabonds, Hawke v. Hulton, (1909) 2 KB 93.A physical lot is not essential to a lottery, Barclay v. Pearson, (1893) 2 Ch 154. In ...
Bumper draw of a lottery
Bumper draw of a lottery, 'bumper draw of a lottery' means a special draw of lottery conducted on or during any festival or other special occasion wherein the prize money offered is greater than the prize money offered in the case of other ordinary draw of lotteries. [Lotteries (Regulation) Act, (17 of 1998), s. 2(a)]...
lottery
lottery See Diversity Visa Program. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Raffles
Raffles. Selling any houses, plate, jewels, ships, goods, or other things by way of lottery or by lots, tickets, numbers or figures, was penalised by s. 36 of the (English) Lottery Act, 1721, of which Act all but ss. 36 and 37 was repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1867, and ss. 36 and 37 have also been repealed by the (English) Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58), Part II. of which deals with lotteries, and the sale and distribution of tickets; there are exemptions for small lotteries incidental to certain entertainments (s. 23); private lotteries in certain cases (s. 24); and lotteries of art unions under the (English) Art Unions Act, 1846, which Act is amended by s. 25. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming.,' and see ART UNIONS AND LOTTERY.A form of lottery in which each participant buys one or more chances to win a prize, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1266....
Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes. The (English) Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58), subject to the provisions of the Act, all lotteries are illegal, but certain lotteries are exempted (s. 23) small lotteries incidental to certain entertainments; (s. 24) private lotteries; (s. 25) lotteries of Art Unions.A sweepstake as usually run is a lottery [see Allport v. Nutt, (1845) 14 LJCP 272; Hardwick v. Lanes, (1904) 1 KB 204]; as to the scheme promoted by the Duke of Atholl, see 97 J.P. 778. See Lush on Betting and Lotteries, and see LOTTERY....
Bazaar
Bazaar-(1) daily market or market-place; (2) a place for the sale of miscellaneous goods for no profits to the sellers but for the purpose of raising funds for some charitable purpose. These sales are exempt from the Shops Acts, 1912 and 1913 (see SHOP), and from the provisions of the (English) Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5), s. 23. See MARKET; LOTTERY....
Tickets
Tickets, of course are only the tokens of the chance purchased, and it is the purchase of this chance which is the essence of a lottery, Madras High Court in Sesha Ayyar v. Krishna Ayyar, AIR 1936 Mad 225: ILR 59 Mad 562 (FB)....
Little goes
Little goes, a species of lottery, declared unlawful, 42 Geo. 3, c. 119...
Goods
Goods, Computer programs are the product of an intellectual process, but once implanted in a medium they are widely distributed to computer owners. An analogy can be drawn to a compact-disc recording of an orchestral rendition. The music is produced by the artistry of musicians and in itself is not a 'good', but when transferred to a laser-readable disc it becomes a readily merchant-able commodity. Similarly, when a professor deliv-ers a lecture, it is not a good, but, when transcribed as a book, it becomes a good. That a computer program may be copyrightable as intellectual property does not alter the fact that once in the form of a floppy disc or other medium, the program is tangible, moveable and available in the marketplace. The fact that some programs may be tailored for specific purposes need not alter their status as 'goods' because the Code definition includes 'specially manufactured goods', Advent Systems Ltd. v. Unisys Corpn., 925 F. 2d 670 3dCir 1991. Associated Cement Compa...
Chance, Game of
Chance, Game of, playing at, in a public place is punishable under (English) Vagrant Act Amendment Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 38); applied to a 'pari mutuel' - machine whereby the element of chance is added to the element of matching one horse against another-in Tollett v. Thomas, (1871) LR 6 QB 514. And see GAMING; LOTTERY....
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