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The Gaming Table by Andrew Steinmetz

 CHAPTER XIII. page 19

I need scarcely say that lotteries, whether foreign or British,
are utterly forbidden by law, excepting those of Art Unions. The
operations of these associations were indeed suspended in 1811;
but in the following year an act indemnified those who embarked
in them for losses which they had incurred by the arrest of their
proceedings; and since that time they have been _TOLERATED_
under the eye of the law without any express statute being framed
for their exemption. It is thought, however, that they tend to
keep up the spirit of gambling, and therefore ought not to
be allowed even on the specious plea of favouring `art.'

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