Chapter IV: Gaming Houses

Nuisances at Common Law, 149; Houses for Unlawful Games, 151; Unlawful Games, 152; Summary of Statutes, 155–; What constitutes a Gaming House, 155; Private Houses, 157; Public Billiard Tables, 157; Keeping a house for Unlawful Gaming, the _Park Club Case_, 157 _et seq._; The Players, 160–161; Lending money for Unlawful Gaming, 162; Partner or principal in gaming house cannot sue co-partner or manager for profits, 162–164; Third party (ex-banker) cannot set up illegality, 164; Cheating at play, 164; No privilege of Parliament, _ibid._

BETTING HOUSES.

16 & 17 Vict., c. 119, Summary of Provisions and Offences created by
Statute, 165–7; What is a “Place,” 168–; A Room, 174; Persons
liable—owner, occupier, using or permitting user, 175 _et seq._;
Persons using the same, 179; What is “User,” 176; Manager, 179;
Illegal betting within the Act (_a_) with persons resorting thereto,
182 _et seq._; Tattersall’s not within Act, 183; _query_ Bucket
shops, 184; _query_ Betting by Correspondence, 184; Commission
Agents, 185; Coupons and Competitions, 186; (_b_) Keeping house for
ready-money betting, 187; _query_ Receiving cover in bucket shop,
189; receipt must be in house, etc., 189; _secus_ under Sec. 4, 190;
Stakeholder of Race Meeting not liable, 190; Commission Agent taking
ready-money liable, 190; Betting Partnerships, 191; Income Tax
payable, 191; Steward’s authority in Grand Stand, 191; Advertising
Betting Houses, 191; Betting Lists, 192; Scotland included, 192; 37
Vict., c. 15, as to advertising the giving of Tips, Information,
&c., Clubs and Foreign houses, 193, 194; Infants’ Betting and Loans’
Act, 194; Welshing, 195.

PROCEDURE.

Search Warrants against Gaming and Betting Houses and arrest of persons found therein, 196–202.

Licensed Premises, Allowing Gaming in, 202–; 35 & 36 Vict., c. 94, _ibid._; Knowledge or Connivance of Owner or Servant, 202, 203; What Gaming is within the Act, 204; When Betting is legal, 205.

Public Place, Betting in, 205; Instruments of Gaming, 205; a Public Place, 206; Game of Chance, what is, 207.

Betting in Metropolitan Street, 208.