“ROLL DOWN” GAME
PROSECUTIONS LAUNCHED ; BY POLICE It was learned by a representative of The Dominion last evening that the police had taken action with a view to stopping the "roll down” game, which has been a popular entertainment in this city ever since the closing of the Dunedin Exhibition. As a result of investigations by detectives, two roll down” proprietors will appear before the Magistrate’s Court on summons next week, charged with being the keepers of common gaming-houses, on the ground that the "roll down is not a game of skill, but a game of chance. The cases will be fought as test cnees, and a largo amount of evidence will bo (called.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 208, 29 May 1926, Page 8
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114“ROLL DOWN” GAME Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 208, 29 May 1926, Page 8
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