By section 2 the games of ace of hearts, pharaoh, bassett and hazard are declared to be games or lotteries within the meaning of the recited Act, with the same penalties for setting up the same.
Sec. 3. Persons playing at games mentioned in the Act liable to £20 penalty.
By section 3 players or adventurers in any of the games mentioned in the Act, viz., ace of hearts, pharaoh, bassett and hazard, are liable to a penalty of £20; the same penalty is inflicted on persons taking part in any such lottery or sale.
All sales by lotteries declared void.
Section 4 makes all sales by lotteries void, and the subject matter of the lottery is forfeited to the person who shall sue for the same.
Division among joint tenants by lot lawful.
Section 11 provides that it shall be lawful for joint tenants and tenants in common to make partition of their several interests by lot as though the Act had not been passed.[[284]]
13 Geo. II., c. 19, passage and games with dice.
By 13 George II., c. 19, sec. 9, passage and all other games with dice, backgammon excepted, are declared to be lotteries within the last Act, with similar penalties on persons who “maintain, set up or keep, any office, table or place,” for such games, and on persons who “play, set at, stake or adventure” in the said games.
18 Geo. II., c. 34, Roly-Poly.