Cumming v Mackie: 1973

The general law of Scotland as to sponsio ludicra is that an action for the recovery of a gaming debt is not maintainable against the party in the gaming contract with whom the bet or wager is made, and it makes no difference to the application of that rule that there does not exist any dispute as to who is the winner of the bet or wager, or as to the amount of his winnings.

Citations:

1973 SC 278

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

CitedRobertson v Anderson IHCS 5-Dec-2002
The parties had agreed to share any winnings from their Bingo activities. One sought to reject the contract as an unenforceable gaming contract.
Held: The contention was rejected. It had been suggested that there had been no intention to . .
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Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.181867