Wisconsin Statutes (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Chapter 895. Damages, Liability, And Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Actions In Courts |
SubChapter I. DAMAGES, RECOVERY, AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS REGARDING ACTIONS IN COURTS |
Section 895.055. Gaming contracts void.
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- (1) All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages, conveyances or other securities, where the whole or any part of the consideration of the promise, agreement, note, bill, bond, mortgage, conveyance or other security shall be for money or other valuable thing whatsoever won or lost, laid or staked, or betted at or upon any game of any kind or under any name whatsoever, or by any means, or upon any race, fight, sport or pastime, or any wager, or for the repayment of money or other thing of value, lent or advanced at the time and for the purpose, of any game, play, bet or wager, or of being laid, staked, betted or wagered thereon shall be void.(2) This section does not apply to contracts of insurance made in good faith for the security or indemnity of the party insured.
1993 a. 174
;
1995 a. 225
;
1997 a. 27
.
A Puerto Rican judgment based on a gambling debt was entitled to full faith and credit in Wisconsin. Conquistador Hotel Corp. v. Fortino,
99 Wis. 2d 16
,
298 N.W.2d 236
(Ct. App. 1980).