Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 434.030 (2026)
Money lost at gaming recovered, how,
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434.030. Money lost at gaming recovered, how, — Any person who shall lose any money or property at any game, gambling device or by any bet or wager whatever, may recover the same by a civil action.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3392, A.L. 1953 p. 321)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3005; 1919 § 5742; 1909 § 6623
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1975–2000 · leading case: People ex rel. Small v. Harrah's North Kansas City Corp., 24 S.W.3d 60 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000).
People ex rel. Small v. Harrah's North Kansas City Corp., 24 S.W.3d 60 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). “Appellant requested the court award him actual damages as measured by his gambling losses, which were over $95,000, as well as treble damages, attorney fees, and costs; (3) Appellant was entitled to recovery of his gambling losses under § 434.030, RSMo. At various times between…”
Thomas v. Bank of Springfield, 631 S.W.2d 346 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). “§ 434.030 and § 434.090 and there was no compliance with the statutes;” and (3) “because (A) the uncontradicted evidence showed that no written stop-payment order was delivered to the defendant as required by the Depositor’s Contract and Signature Card; and (B) The evidence did…”
Cox v. Lee, 530 S.W.2d 273 (Mo. Ct. App. 1975). “030 to recover money lost on a bet after the happening of the event on *275 which the wager was to be decided and the bet had been determined more than three months before the action was commenced, it would have been barred by the statute of limitations specified in § 434.”
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