Chapter XIX: Section 11: provides that it shall be lawful for joint tenants and

tenants in common to make partition of their several interests by lot as though the Act had not been passed.[284]

[Sidenote: 13 Geo. II., c. 19, passage and games with dice.]

By 13 George II., c. 19, sec. 9, passage and all other games with dice, backgammon excepted, are declared to be lotteries within the last Act, with similar penalties on persons who “maintain, set up or keep, any office, table or place,” for such games, and on persons who “play, set at, stake or adventure” in the said games.

[Sidenote: 18 Geo. II., c. 34, Roly-Poly.]

By 18 George II., c. 34, secs. 1 and 2 impose similar penalties in respect of setting up a house or place for or allowing roly-poly, or playing thereat.[285]

[Sidenote: 42 Geo. III., c. 119, Littlegoes declared to be lotteries.]

By 42 George III., c. 119, section 1, all games or lotteries called “Littlegoes” are declared to be public nuisances.

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

By section 2 any person keeping any office or place to exercise, show, or expose, to be drawn or thrown at by dice lots, cards, balls, numbers, or figures, or any other contrivance, any lottery called a littlego or any other lottery, or any person suffering the same to be carried on in his or her house, is made liable to a penalty of £500.

Section 3. Persons not proceeded against for such penalties may be convicted as rogues and vagabonds within the meaning of 17 and 27 George II.

Section 4. Power is given to any justice of the peace upon information on oath to issue a warrant authorising any person (but if by night then in the presence of a constable) to break open and enter any house or place where they have information of any offence being committed within this Act, [Sidenote: Persons aiding and abetting in lotteries.] and to apprehend all offenders and all persons aiding and abetting in any such offence. The latter are punishable as rogues and vagabonds.

The section also provides that persons obstructing any such officer in the execution of his duty shall be liable to be “fined, imprisoned, and publicly whipped.”

Section 4. Persons employing others in carrying on such lotteries to be deemed rogues and vagabonds.