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386 BKZHASPATI. XXVI, 4.
4. When any one is defeated in a prize-fight
between two animals, the wager which has been
laid shall be paid by the owner of the (defeated)
animal.
5. A wager (or game) shall be made in public;
false o-amblers shall be banished.
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6. When there is a point at issue between the two
parties (in a game or wager, other) gamblers shall
examine (and decide) the matter ; if they are enemies
(of either party), the king shall decide the dispute.
7. One defeated in a secret game; or ignorant of
the rules; or (defeated) by the use of false dice, or
by deceit, though acquainted with the game, shall
be released; and one who has lost his entire wealth
in a game shall not be compelled to give the whole
of it.
8. The keeper of the gaming-house shall receive
the stakes and pay the victorious gambler and the
king; he shall also act as witness in a dispute,
assisted by three other gamblers.
9. Those wicked men who use false dice in a
game, or rob the king of his due, or cheat by making
false computations, are declared to be gamblers de-
serving punishment.
XXVII. Miscellaneous (Prakirzzaka).
1. This (aggregate of rules concerning) lawsuits
instituted by litigants has been briefly declared; I
will declare (next the law concerning) Miscellaneous
Causes instituted by the king (in person).
4, 5. Viv. p. 318; Viram. p. 720. 6. Viram. p. 720.
7-9. Ratn. pp. 614-617.
XXVII, 1. Viram. p. 722 ; Ratn. p. 621.
4. When any one is defeated in a prize-fight
between two animals, the wager which has been
laid shall be paid by the owner of the (defeated)
animal.
5. A wager (or game) shall be made in public;
false o-amblers shall be banished.
o
6. When there is a point at issue between the two
parties (in a game or wager, other) gamblers shall
examine (and decide) the matter ; if they are enemies
(of either party), the king shall decide the dispute.
7. One defeated in a secret game; or ignorant of
the rules; or (defeated) by the use of false dice, or
by deceit, though acquainted with the game, shall
be released; and one who has lost his entire wealth
in a game shall not be compelled to give the whole
of it.
8. The keeper of the gaming-house shall receive
the stakes and pay the victorious gambler and the
king; he shall also act as witness in a dispute,
assisted by three other gamblers.
9. Those wicked men who use false dice in a
game, or rob the king of his due, or cheat by making
false computations, are declared to be gamblers de-
serving punishment.
XXVII. Miscellaneous (Prakirzzaka).
1. This (aggregate of rules concerning) lawsuits
instituted by litigants has been briefly declared; I
will declare (next the law concerning) Miscellaneous
Causes instituted by the king (in person).
4, 5. Viv. p. 318; Viram. p. 720. 6. Viram. p. 720.
7-9. Ratn. pp. 614-617.
XXVII, 1. Viram. p. 722 ; Ratn. p. 621.