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Gambling with the law

Musyoki Kimanthi

Q: I was playing a game of pool with my friends at a neighbourhood pub recently. We had an arrangement that whoever lost would buy the rest of us a round of beer. It was not long before we were rounded up by the police and threatened with prosecution for gambling. Is it true there is a law curtailing fun with friends?

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