Gaming Act 1664

II. Contracts and Specialties for Money won at Play, above £100. at one time, void.

The Person so winning to forfeit Treble the Money won.; Treble Costs.

And for the better avoiding and preventing of all excessive and immoderate playing and gameing for the time to come Bee it further ordained and enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That if any person or persons shall at any time or times after the Nine and twentyeth day of September aforesaid play at any of the said Games or any other Pastime Game or Games whatsoever (other than with and for ready money) or shall bett on the Sides or Hands of such as doe or shall play thereat and shall lose any summe or summes of Money or other thing or things soe plaid for exceeding the summe of One Hundred pounds at any one time or meeting upon Ticket or Credit or otherwise and shall not pay downe the same at the time when he or they shall soe lose the same The partie and partyes who loseth or shall lose the said moneyes or other thing or things soe plaid or to be plaid for above the said summe of One hundred pounds shall not in that case be bound or compelled or compellable to pay or make good the same but the Contract and Contracts for the same and for every part thereof and all and singular Judgements Statutes Recognizances Mortgages Conveyances Assurances Bonds Bills Specialtyes Promises Covenants Agreements and other Acts Deeds and Securityes whatsoever which shall be obtained made given acknowledged or entered into for security or satisfaction of, or for the same or any part thereof shall be utterly void and of none effect And that the [X1 said] person or persons soe wining, the said moneyes or other things shall be utterly forfeite and lose treble the value of all such summe and summes of money or other thing and things which he shall soe [X2 winne] gaine obtaine or acquire above the said summe of One hundred pounds, the one moyetie thereof to our said Soveraigne Lord the King His Heires and Successors, and the other moyety thereof to such person or persons as shall prosecute or sue for the same within one yeare next after the time of such Offence committed, And to be sued for by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of his Majestyes Courts [X2 of Record] at Westminster wherein noe Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed. And that every such Plaintiffe or Plaintiffies Informer or Informers shall in every such Suite and Prosecution have and receivee his treble Costs against the person and persons offending and forfeiting as aforesaid, Any Law Custome or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

Editorial Information

X1 O. omits.

X2 interlined on the Roll.