Payne v. Woodson

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• concluding gambling fell within the statutory definition of a public nuisance “after an exhaustive and critical examination of all” state legislation since 1864
• concluding gambling fell within the statutory definition of a public nuisance “after an exhaustive and critical examination of all” state legislation since 1864
• definition of public nuisance in a substantively identical prior version of § 13-2917 was intended to cover offenses that were construed at common law as public nuisances
• \It is the character of the game and not the skill or want of skill of the individual player which determines whether the game is one of chance or skill.\

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