CHAPTER XIV.
THE LAWS AGAINST GAMING IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, In all Times and
Countries, especially in England and in France | ||
6. BAVARIA.
By the Bavarian Code games of skill, and of mixed skill and chance, are not forbidden. The loser cannot refuse to pay, nor can he recover his losses, provided the sport be honestly conducted, and the stakes not excessive, having regard to the rank, character, and fortune of the parties. In cases of fraudulent and excessive gaming, and in all games of mere chance, the winner cannot claim his winnings, but must repay the loser on demand. In the two latter cases (apparently) both winner and loser are liable to a fine, equal in amount, — for the first time of conviction, to one-third of the stakes; for the second time, to two-thirds; and for the third time, to the whole: in certain cases the bank is to be confiscated. Hotel and coffee-house keepers, &c., who allow gambling on their premises, are punished for the first offence by a fine of 50 florins; for the second, with one of 100 florins; for the third, with the loss of the license. The punish
Although, therefore, cheating gamblers are liable to punishment in Bavaria, it is evident that gambling is there tolerated to the utmost extent required by the votaries of Fortune.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE LAWS AGAINST GAMING IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, In all Times and
Countries, especially in England and in France | ||