Chapter XVIII: Section 1: that all such lotteries are common and public nuisances and

all patents and licence for the same void.

[Sidenote: Penalty of £500 for keeping a lottery.]

(2.) That no person should after the 29th of December, 1699, publicly or privately exercise, keep open, show or expose to be played at, drawn at or thrown at, any kind of lottery by dice, lots, cards, balls, under penalty of £500.

[Sidenote: £20 for playing at such lotteries.]

(3.) All persons playing, throwing or drawing at such lotteries, or any other lotteries are liable to a penalty of £20.

[Sidenote: 9 Geo. I., c. 19. Foreign lotteries.]

By 9 George I., c. 19, a penalty of £200 is inflicted for setting up any lottery by virtue of a grant from any foreign prince or issuing any advertisement for the same; also for selling tickets within the kingdom for any foreign lottery.

[Sidenote: 6 Geo. II., c. 35. £200 penalty for selling chances in
foreign lotteries.]

It seems that the latter statute was evaded by persons issuing tickets for numbers in foreign lotteries and setting up duplicates of such lotteries in this kingdom. So by 6 George II., c. 35, a penalty of £200 is imposed for selling or procuring any ticket, receipt, chance, or number in any foreign lottery, or in or belonging to any class, part, or division of such lottery, or any ticket for any duplicate of any foreign lottery.

[Sidenote: 12 Geo. II., c. 28. £200 penalty for setting up sales by
lotteries.]

12 George II., c. 28, inflicts a penalty of £200 for setting up any office or place under the denomination of “a sale of houses, land, advowson, presentations, plate, jewels, ships’ goods, or other things by way of lottery,” [Sidenote: Advertising for advances to be distributed by way of lottery.] or for advertising for advances of sums of money amounting in the whole to large sums to be divided among the subscribers by chances of the prizes in some lottery allowed by Act of Parliament, or for exposing for sale any of the above things by any game, method or device whatsoever to be determined by any lot or drawing.

By section 2 the games of ace of hearts, pharaoh, bassett and hazard are declared to be games or lotteries within the meaning of the recited Act, with the same penalties for setting up the same.

[Sidenote: Sec. 3. Persons playing at games mentioned in the Act liable
to £20 penalty.]

By section 3 players or adventurers in any of the games mentioned in the Act, viz., ace of hearts, pharaoh, bassett and hazard, are liable to a penalty of £20; the same penalty is inflicted on persons taking part in any such lottery or sale.

[Sidenote: All sales by lotteries declared void.]

Section 4 makes all sales by lotteries void, and the subject matter of the lottery is forfeited to the person who shall sue for the same.

[Sidenote: Division among joint tenants by lot lawful.]