An Act for the Suppression of Betting Houses
WHEREAS a kind of Gaming has of late sprung up tending to the Injury and Demoralization of improvident Persons by the opening of Places called Betting Houses or Offices, and the receiving of Money in advance by the Owners or Occupiers of such Houses or Offices, or by other Persons acting on their Behalf, on their Promises to pay Money on Events of Horse Races and the like Contingencies: For the Suppression thereof be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and...