GAMING AND LOTTERY BILL.
The Bill for the Suppression Gaming and Betting Houses, and the more effectual abolition of lotteries, provides that the owner or keeper of a gaming table shall be liable to a fine of £IOO. or 6 months’ imprisoment ; that he shall forfeit all the money found in the establishment ; and that every person found in a gaming house without lawful excuse shall be liable to a £5 penalty. Gaming with coins, cards, or instruments is declared unlawful ; the use of the totalisator is only to be permitted when that instrument is sanctioned by the Colonial Secretary oh the reccommenclation of a recognised racing club; betting-houses are prohibited under penalties ranging up to £SO, or three months’ imprisonment; the sale or disposal of goods by lottery .under any guise is forbidden under penalty of £2OO fine or six month’s imprisonment. Persons who when apprehended in gaming houses give false names or addresses are to be fined £SO or imprisoned for a month. There is another clause imposing penalties on persons keeping- gaming houses, the penalty in this case being £SOO or twelve months’ imprisonment. Obstrueting- constables is punishable with £IOO fine or six months’ imprisonment. The provisions of the bill do not apply to genuine -art unions, but sweepstakes, under whatever name, are declared illegal lotteries.
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Patea Mail, 5 July 1881, Page 3
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219GAMING AND LOTTERY BILL. Patea Mail, 5 July 1881, Page 3
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