Georgia CommonsTítulo 13. CONTRACTS · Capítulo 8. ILLEGAL AND VOID CONTRACTS GENERALLY · Artículo 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
13-8-3. Gambling contracts.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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- (a)
Gambling contracts are void; and all evidences of debt, except negotiable instruments in the hands of holders in due course or encumbrances or liens on property, executed upon a gambling consideration, are void in the hands of any person.#
- (b)
Money paid or property delivered upon a gambling consideration may be recovered from the winner by the loser by institution of an action for the same within six months after the loss and, after the expiration of that time, by institution of an action by any person, at any time within four years, for the joint use of himself and the educational fund of the county.#
History
Laws 1764, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 725; Laws 1765, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 727; Code 1863, § 2717; Code 1868, § 2711; Code 1873, § 2753; Code 1882, § 2753; Civil Code 1895, § 3671; Civil Code 1910, § 4256; Ga. L. 1924, p. 126, § 57; Code 1933, § 20-505.
Cross references
Gambling generally, § 16-12-20 et seq.
Law reviews
For note, ‘‘Recovery of Losses on Cotton Futures,’’ see 1 Ga. L. Rev. No. 1, p. 43 (1927). For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970). For comment on Moore v. Atlantic Athletic Club, 79 Ga. App. 41, 52 S.E.2d 628 (1949), denying recovery to informer of money lost to slot machine, see 1 Mercer L. Rev. 314 (1950).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volumen V11, edición 2010, página 552; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo 18573afb153d.