Rhode Island § 11-19-17 § 11-19-17. Invalidity of instruments won in bets on races or fights.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-19-17 — § 11-19-17. Invalidity of instruments won in bets on races or fights.

Rhode Island § 11-19-17

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-19Gambling and Lotteries

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-17 (2026).

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§ 11-19-17. Invalidity of instruments won in bets on races or fights.
All bonds, notes, judgments, mortgages, deeds or other securities, as well as promises,
            given or made for money, lands, houses, or other property, or article or piece of
            property, real, personal, or mixed, won at any game, or by betting at any race or
            fight, or for the repayment of money knowingly lent for such gaming or betting, shall
            be utterly void.
         

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§ 11-19-17. Invalidity of instruments won in bets on races or fights.

All bonds, notes, judgments, mortgages, deeds or other securities, as well as promises, given or made for money, lands, houses, or other property, or article or piece of property, real, personal, or mixed, won at any game, or by betting at any race or fight, or for the repayment of money knowingly lent for such gaming or betting, shall be utterly void.