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Club used as gaming house."
Proof of gaming for money not necessary.. 8 & 9 Vict.
e. 109 s. 5.
Penalty on
No. 2.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1891.
(C
£6.
Gambling" applies to and includes lotteries:
Lottery" includes any game, method, or device whereby money or money's worth is distributed or allotted in any manner depending upon or to be determined by chance or lot or the result of any race or contest, whether the same is held, drawn, exercised, or managed within or without the Colony:
Any place in which lottery tickets are sold, procured, or distributed, or any place in which money or money's worth in connexion with a lottery is paid or distributed, shall be deemed to be "kept for the purpose of a lottery:"
Implements or appliances of gambling" include all articles which are used in or for the purpose of gambling or a lottery:
"Common Gaming House" means and includes any place opened, kept, or used-
(1.) for playing therein at any game of chance or any mixed game of chance and skill-
;..or
(a.) in which a bank is kept by one or more of the players exclusively of the other or others (b.) in which the chances of the game are not alike favourable to all the players, including among the players the banker or other person by whom the game is managed or against whom the players stake, play, or bet; or
(c.) in which any commission or percentage is charged in connexion with the game, the stakes, or the winnings; or
(2.) for the purpose of a lottery or lotteries:
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Keeper" means and includes the occupier or person having the use temporarily of any common gaming house, or any person having or appearing to have the care or management of such place, and also any person who acts in any manner assisting in conducting the business of any such place or keeping watch in or about the same.
3. A place which is used as an ordinary social club to which the public at large have not access shall nevertheless be deemed a common gaming house if kept or used either for the playing of any of the games mentioned in (1.) or for the purpose mentioned in (2.) in the last preceding section.
4. In case of any complaint made under this Ordinance, it shall not be necessary to prove that any person found playing at any game was playing for any money, wager, or stake.
5. (1.) Every person, being the owner of any place, who knowingly permits the same to be opened, kept, or used by another person as a common gaming house shall, on summary conviction, be liable to