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GAMBLING DEVICE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

gambling device : an item in the "Game Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

dispositif de jeu de hasard : objet de la classe «Équipement de jeu» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
CONT

202.(1) Every one commits an offence who...(b) imports, makes, buys, sells, rents, leases, hires or keeps, exhibits, employs or knowingly allows to be kept, exhibited or employed in any place under his control any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording or registering bets or selling a pool, or any machine or device for gambling or betting...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
CONT

202. (1) Commet une infraction, quiconque, selon le cas : [...] b) importe, fait, achète, vend, loue, prend à bail ou garde, expose, emploie ou sciemment permet que soit gardé, exposé ou employé, dans quelque endroit sous son contrôle, un dispositif ou appareil destiné à inscrire ou à enregistrer des paris ou la vente d'une mise collective, ou une machine ou un dispositif de jeu ou de pari [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organized Recreation (General)
  • Sales (Marketing)
DEF

A card with a section or sections coated in an opaque waxy substance which may be scratched away to reveal a symbol indicating whether a prize has been won in a competition.

OBS

Introduced in America in the early eighties and sold either as a gambling device or as a consumer incentive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Loisirs organisés (Généralités)
  • Vente

Spanish

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