1. All Bills and Securities within Statute of Anne deemed to be for Illegal Consideration, [11]; Law as to Bills and Notes for Illegal Consideration, 11; What cases are within the Act, [11]; Wagers on Games only, [11], [12]; Cheque for Gaming Debts incurred abroad, [14]; Loans for Gaming purposes, [15], [16]; Deposit of Stakes under £10 net, [12]; Results of Illegality, [18]; Void Consideration different, [20]; Notice, [21]; Pleading Illegality, [23]; Drawer’s Liability to Indorser, [11]–12; Bonds within Act, [28]; Consideration Illegal in part, Contracts Divisible and Indivisible, 24; Test of whether Contract affected with Illegality, Agents, Partners, &c., [16]–18.
2. Acceptor who has paid Bill for Gaming Debts can recover from Drawer, [26]; with Interest when, [27]; Acceptor paying by Cheque, [27]; Instruments within the Act, [28].
PART III.
8 & 9 Vict., c. 109, s. 18, p. 28.
Statute makes Wagers Void, not Illegal, [29]–; Indian Law of Wagers, [31].
Decisions under the Statute—
I. What are Contracts by way of Wagering, [32]; consensus ad idem necessary, [32]; mutuality, [33]; One must win, the other must lose, [33]; Each party selects an event in which he is to be paid, [33]; Substance rather than the form of Contract must be looked at, [33]; Wagers under guise of Sales, void, [35]; Agreement with Tipster, [36]; Executors must not pay betting debts, [38]; Deposit of Stakes on Horse Race, [36]; Rescission by Wager, [38]; Speculative Sales valid, [39]; Principal and Turf Commission Agent, agreements between, not in nature of Wager, [40]–; Agent must account to Principal for Winnings, [40]–; Authority of Agent to pay Losses, [45]; such authority irrevocable, [47]–; What Agent must prove, [52]; Gaming Amendment Act, [53]; Agent cannot recover from third party, [53].
II. No action to be brought on Wager, or to recover money deposited, &c., [51]–; Depositor can recover Stake from Stakeholder before money paid to Winner, [51]–; Notice necessary to determine Stakeholder’s authority, [54]; other ways in which authority determined, [57]; His liability, [60]; When he Guarantees Stakes, [60]; Guarantee of Wager, [60]; Forfeits or Penalty for non-performance of Wagers not recoverable, [61]; Money deposited on bet, right to recover, [64]; ditto, from keeper of betting house, [65]; Conflict of laws, [66]; Wagers made abroad, [68].
III. The Proviso in favour of a Subscription to a Prize for the Winner of a lawful Game, [68].
(a.) The meaning of a Subscription to a Prize, deposits by Competitors in a race are not, [69] et seq.; “Sum added” by Third Party is, [73]; Entrance Money, Stakes, Forfeits, Cups, Plates, [74].