Hearings
21 Oct 1968 [1970] AC 55; [1969] 2 WLR 13; [1969] 1 All ER 135; 67 LGR 179, DC
29 Jan 1969 [1970] AC 55; [1969] 2 WLR 454; [1969] 1 All ER 369; 67 LGR 425, HL(E)
Victoria Sporting Club Ltd v Hannam
Additional names
Wynberg v Hannam
Subject Matter
GAMING — Game of chance — Roulette — Played with zero but with chances prima facie “equally favourable to all players” — Odds at 36 to 1 — Payment at 35 to 1 with differential in marker chips — All winning chips exchangeable for cash — Invitation to winners to return voluntarily marker chips to club — Invitation accepted by majority of winners — Whether resulting in “chances … not equally favourable to all players” — Whether “money … disposed of otherwise than by payment to a player as winnings” — Whether unlawful gaming — Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1963, s 32 (1) (a) (ii) (b) (2) (a)
Appellate History
Victoria Sporting Club Ltd v Hannam [1970] AC 55; [1969] 2 WLR 13; [1969] 1 All ER 135; 67 LGR 179, DC
Decision of the Divisional Court affirmed
Victoria Sporting Club Ltd v Hannam [1970] AC 55; [1969] 2 WLR 454; [1969] 1 All ER 369; 67 LGR 425, HL(E)