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9.221. Gambling and betting let the king exclude from his realm; those two vices cause the destruction of the
kingdoms of princes.
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9.222. Gambling and betting amount to open theft; the king shall always exert himself in suppressing both (of
them).
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9.223. When inanimate (things) are used (for staking money on them), that is called among men gambling
(dyuta), when animate beings are used (for the same purpose), one must know that to be betting (samahvaya).
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9.224. Let the king corporally punish all those (persons) who either gamble and bet or afford (an opportunity for
it), likewise Sudras who assume the distinctive marks of twice-born (men).
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9.225. Gamblers, dancers and singers, cruel men, men belonging to an heretical sect, those following forbidden
occupations, and sellers of spirituous liquor, let him instantly banish from his town.
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9.226. If such (persons who are) secret thieves, dwell in the realm of a king, they constantly harass his good
subjects by their forbidden practices.
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9.227. In a former Kalpa this (vice of) gambling has been seen to cause great enmity; a wise man, therefore,
should not practise it even for amusement.
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9.228. On every man who addicts himself to that (vice) either secretly or openly, the king may inflict
punishment according to his discretion.
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9.229. But a Kshatriya, a Vaisya, and a Sudra who are unable to pay a fine, shall discharge the debt by labour; a
Brahmana shall pay it by installments.
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9.230. On women, infants, men of disordered mind, the poor and the sick, the king shall inflict punishment with
a whip, a cane, or a rope and the like.
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