Wisconsin § 895.055 - Gaming contracts void.

Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 895.055 — Gaming contracts void., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 895.055. Gaming contracts void.

895.055(1) (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. 895.055(2) (2) This section does not apply to contracts of insurance made in good faith for the security or indemnity of the party insured. 895.055(3) (3) This section does not apply to any promise, agreement, note, bill, bond, mortgage, conveyance or other security that is permitted under chs. 562 to 569 or under state or federal laws relating to the conduct of gaming on Indian lands. 895.055 History History: 1993 a. 174 ; 1995 a. 225 ; 1997 a. 27 . 895.055 Annotation 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).

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Section 895.055 ("Gaming contracts void.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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