HC Deb 31 July 1906 vol 162 cc682-3
MR. L. HASLAM

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any, and, if so, what steps have been taken to ascertain whether the system of lotteries, practised by the proprietors of newspapers, by which money prizes are given for the chance finding of a number or numbers on tickets or otherwise is illegal.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) A case has been stated for the opinion of the High Court in connection with a matter which legally stands on a similar footing, but it is very doubtful whether this case will be heard during the present sittings of the Courts.