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DIFFERENCE IN BETTING AND GAMBLING Here is the London Sportsmans summary of English bettiug and gambling in small compass compassBetting Betting s such is not illegal Betting is not necessarily gambling but it may become so if in ¬ dulged in to excess Most games at cards demand skill The stakes might be called betting Where no skill is needed it might be betting or gambling according as the stakes were small or large in pro ¬ portion to the players means A man who follows horse racing and bets heavily would be gambling only if he acted on no information and staked reck Jessly or beyond his means There is an Act of Par ¬ liament which speakg of hotting or gambling but that does not make them one and the same thing
