Gaming and Games in UK Law

  • Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd (trading as Crockfords)
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 October 2017
    ... ... In casino games in which the orientation of the back of the card may matter, cards are ... Were they right or wrong? Gaming and the law ... 28 Gaming has been the ... ...
  • Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney General
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 09 March 1979
    ... ... Act 1976: "All lotteries which do not constitute gaming are unlawful, except as provided by this Act" ... ...
  • HM Revenue and Customs v The Rank Group
    • Chancery Division
    • 08 June 2009
    ... ... are now of historic interest because of legislative changes both to gaming and to tax law. But that is not to diminish the importance of the issues ... of any facilities for the placing of bets or the playing of any games of chance”. This implemented the general thrust of ... ...
  • C.H.T. Ltd v Ward
    • Court of Appeal
    • 07 November 1963
    ... ... First, it was said that under the Gaming Acts, 1710 and 1835, money knowingly lent for gaming is irrecoverable, ... statute, loans knowingly made for thepurpose of playing prohibited games, for example hazard, or for the purpose of illegal gaming, for example in ... ...
  • Allan (J. M.) (Merchandising) Ltd v Cloke
    • Court of Appeal
    • 05 March 1963
    ... ... be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Betting and Gaming Act, 1960". The plaintiffs clearly represented to the defendants that ... ...
  • R v Herrod, ex parte Leeds City Council
    • House of Lords
    • 27 October 1976
    ... ... in respect of amusements with prizes is section 49 of the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Act 1963 (consolidating ( inter alia ) the Betting & Gaming ... ...
  • Tote Investors Ltd v Smoker
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 June 1967
    ... ... She pleads the Gaming Act. She says that the contract was void because Section 18 of the 1845 ... ...
  • Phillip Ivey v Genting Casinos UK Ltd and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 November 2016
    ... ... For much of our history, the keeping of gaming houses for the playing of games involving chance has been illegal and ... ...
  • Khodari v Tamimi
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 October 2009
    ... ... gave judgment, £202,000 was irrecoverable by virtue of s.1 of the Gaming Act 1892. (b) Of the said sum of £240,500, £11,000 (of which ... In games of bridge and poker, unlike, say, roulette, players bet against each other ... ...
  • News of the World Ltd v Friend
    • House of Lords
    • 31 January 1973
    ... ... 47(1)( a )(i) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1963. This section reproduces with only unimportant ... competitor with a lively and discerning interest in and knowledge of games of football might consider himself equipped, by deploying his skill and ... ...
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