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RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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No action can be maintained by the winner for the collection of what he has won in a game of chance.

Official text — RA 386

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)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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