State v. Varnado

The bill of information filed against the accused alleges that on the 8th day of July, 1944, he “ * * * did intentionally conduct and directly assist in the conducting, as a business, of a game, contest and contrivance whereby a person risked money and things of value in order to realize a. profit, * * *.”

Article 90 of Act 43 of 1942, generally known as the Louisiana Criminal Code, reads as follows:

“Gambling is the intentional conducting, or directly assisting in the conducting, as a business, of any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance whereby a person risks the loss of anything of value…