(A) All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages, or other securities, when the whole or part of the consideration thereof is for money or other valuable thing won or lost, laid, staked, or betted at or upon a game of any kind, or upon a horse race or cockfights, sport or pastime, or on a wager, or for the repayment of money lent or advanced at the time of a game, play, or wager, for the purpose of being laid, betted, staked, or wagered, are void.
(B) Sections 3763.01 to 3763.08 of the Revised Code do not apply to bingo as defined in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code or to any game of chance that is not subject to criminal penalties under section 2915.02 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1962–2026 · leading case: In Re Baum, 386 B.R. 649 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2008).
In Re Baum, 386 B.R. 649 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2008). · cites it 6דState Law Contracts in support of gambling debts are void under Ohio Rev.Code § 3763.01, which provides: All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages, or other securities, when the whole or part of the consideration thereof is for money or other…”
Bedle v. Kowars, 796 N.E.2d 300 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “when the whole or part of the consideration thereof is for money or other valuable thing won or lost, laid, staked, or betted at or upon a game of any kind, .”
Scolaro v. Bellitto, 184 N.E.2d 604 (Ohio Ct. App. 1962). · cites it 2דDefendants maintain that the note is void and unenforceable because of the provisions of Section 3763.01, Revised Code, which provides: “All.”
Stillmaker v. Dept. of Liquor Control, 249 N.E.2d 61 (Ohio 1969). · cites it 2ד) Compare the express proscriptions by the General Assembly in Section 3763.01, Revised Code, wherein a wager “upon a horse race” is declared to be void, and Chapter 2915, Revised Code, which condemns as criminal every conceivable form of betting, wager or lottery on any event,…”
Ohio Gambling Recovery, LLC v. Kalshi Inc., et al. (N.D. Ohio 2026). · cites it 4דOhio Rev. Code § 3763.01. Section 2915.02 “does not prohibit conduct in connection with gambling expressly permitted by law.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3763.01(A) — 1 case
In Re Baum, 386 B.R. 649 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2008). “State Law Contracts in support of gambling debts are void under Ohio Rev.Code § 3763.01, which provides: All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages, or other securities, when the whole or part of the consideration thereof is for money or other…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3763.01(B) — 2 cases
In Re Baum, 386 B.R. 649 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2008). “State Law Contracts in support of gambling debts are void under Ohio Rev.Code § 3763.01, which provides: All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages, or other securities, when the whole or part of the consideration thereof is for money or other…”
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