Civil Code Art. 2014: Gambling

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 2014
Topic: Gambling
Book: BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title: TITLE XIII ALEATORY CONTRACTS
Chapter: CHAPTER 2 Gambling
Formerly: Art. 1799a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

No action can be maintained by the winner for the collection of what he has won in a game of chance. But any loser in a game of chance may recover his loss from the winner, with legal interest from the time he paid the amount lost, and subsidiarily from the operator or manager of the gambling house. (1799a)

Cases applying this article

Yun Kwan Byung v. Philippine Amusement G.R. No. 163553

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