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• Gaming 
• 1 Short title
• PART I Gambling in public places
  • 2 Gambling in public places
  • 3 Public houses and places of public resort may be entered on the Sabbath day by any constable on suspicion of gambling
  • 4 Constables neglecting their duty may be fined
• PART II Encouraging gaming by servants
  • 5 Permitting servants to play or attend any game
  • 6 Third conviction of offence under section 5
• Part III Lotteries and Games
  • 7 Offences relating to lotteries and games
  • 8 All games with dice, etc., deemed games within section 7
  • 9 Sales of houses, etc., by any game depending on chance void, and such houses etc., to be forfeited
  • 10 Costs
  • 11 Saving with respect to estates legally allotted or held by lot
  • 12 Saving with respect to use of backgammon tables or card games in private houses when only as amusement
• PART IV Gaming debts
  • 13 All notes or securities given for money, etc., won by gaming or for repaying any money, etc., lent for gaming, void
  • 14 Recovery of money lost by playing and betting
  • 15 Discovery of amounts won
  • 16 Person repaying money discharged from any further penalty
• PART V Miscellaneous
  • 17 Assaulting or challenging any other person on account of anything won by gaming
• PART VI Exemptions
  • 18 Act not to apply to pool lottery or certain lotteries