17 Winning money, etc, by cheating at
play, or by sharing stakes, or by betting or wagering on the event of
any game, to be punished as obtaining money by false pretences
... Every person who shall, by any fraud or
unlawful device or ill practice in playing at or with cards, dice,
tables, or other game, or in bearing a part in the stakes, wagers, or
adventures, or in betting on the sides or hands of them that do play, or
in wagering on the event of any game, sport, pastime, or exercise, win
from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of
money or valuable thing, shall
[(a) on a conviction on indictment be
liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or
(b) on summary conviction be liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not
exceeding [the prescribed sum] or to both].
