Gambling

The Legal History of Gambling in Chinese Law

This section provides an overview of Gambling in Chinese Law

“Fair,” Chances, Gambling

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about “Fair,” Chances, Gambling (1): A church “fair” at which chances are sold, drawings had, or any game of chance permitted, is illegal and may be punished as gambling.754

Keeping a Gambling House or Place

Gambling

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• Bet
• Bookmaking
• Game of chance
• Gaming
• Lottery
• Wager

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• Gambling

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Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

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• Religion
• Church

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See Also

• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Gambling in Chinese Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Gambling in Chinese Law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly