...staked upon a wager can be recovered in a court of law, an exception is made in favour of subscriptions towards "any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded...winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime or exercise." But the Scotch cases have not proceeded upon this statute; on the contrary, there have been repeated...

...staked upon a wager can be recovered in a court of law, an exception is made in favor of subscriptions towards " any plate, prize, or sum of money to be...winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime or exercise. ' ' But the Scotch cases have not proceeded upon this statute ; on the contrary, there have been repeated...

...agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void, and no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court...of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise." As this statute (s. 15) repeals the 16 Car. 2, c. 7, and the whole of the above statute of Anne except...

...in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to have been won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited...of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise." It may often be a source of some difficulty to deter- Difficulty sometimes in ascertaining (n) See...

...all contracts or agreements, whether by parole or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained...any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise." The effect of this section is to enable all agreements to subscribe to horse-races to be enforced, and...

...which any wager shall have been made." Then comes the proviso on which this question mainly rests : " Provided always that this enactment shall not be deemed...of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise." It is clear that there may be in scores of forms " subscriptions, or contributions " towards a plate...

...contribution, or agreement to cribe or contribute, for or toward any plate, prize, or sum of money to be •ded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise." s it ¡s impossible to foresee that some of the points decided on the repealed enactLS may not be useful...

...to apply to any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contribute for or toward any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to...of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise." It is clear that at common law, contracts by way of gaming or wagering were not, as such, unlawful,...

...subscription or contribution or agreement to subscribe or contribute for or towards any plates, prizes, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners...of any lawful Game, Sport, Pastime, or Exercise.' s & 9 Victc. 1o9. s. 1s. The 8 & 9 Vict. c. tog further repeals so much of the statutes of Charles...

...upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event in which any wager shall have been made : Provided always,...winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime or exercise." This enactment annuls all contracts by way of gaming or wagering ; thus abolishing the distinction...