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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 2. 1964.

£100 Lost at Cards

£100 Lost at Cards

Executive showed consternation at gambling in the Common rooms when it met on Wednesday evening. Particular concern was expressed about Freshers incurring large debts at card games.

Chairman of the House Committee, Richard Smith, stated that his committee would like a clear policy statement on gambling from the executive. He referred to a rumoured loss of £100 last year in the Common room. He said that he had watched a game in the Common room and had been unable to detect how the system worked. It was apparently done "on tick."

Smith was referred to Rule 9 of the Victoria University discipline regulations. This forbids gambling on the campus. In reply he said that he really wanted some concrete suggestions from the executive.

Publications Officer Tom March said that gamblers were not legally compelled to pay their debts and could not be sued for them. This should be publicised, he suggested in the hope it would help to curb gambling.

Students' Association President Peter Blizard said that if the House Committee could substantiate a case it should be brought before the executive and tried.