SKILL OR CHANCE?
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Dtoedik, .January 25. Mr "Widowson, S.M., gave judgmenl in a " Guessing Competition " case, ii which Dorothy Reinhard was charged with having exhibited a placard to i n duse persons to resort to lier milimen
store, and take part in a scheme to which prizes were gamed by mode of chance. Mr Ilosking, for the defence, had urged that there was skill involved in the "guess," wliii li was as (o the number of yards of ribbon contained in a roll exhibited in the window. In
delivering judgment, Uis Worship said that he was of opinion that an oflenrc against the Gaming and Lotteries Act had not been committed in either of the charges laid The English and New Zealand authorities were elenr lliat in order to constitute an offence in respect of a competition sueh as the one a I question, the result niu-t depend e i- j tirely upon chanee, it not iiein? ! cient that it depended chance. It must be held to b" pr.jvcA that knowledge and experience would materially assist many people in arri'.--ing at the answer This element of tl:c " factor of skill bemg an ingredient, there was no offence against tiic Gaming and Lotteries Act, and both cases y would be accordingly dismissed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 26 January 1907, Page 3
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223SKILL OR CHANCE? Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 26 January 1907, Page 3
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