Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 895.055 (2026)
Gaming contracts void
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895.055(1)(1) All promises, agreements, notes, bills, bonds, or other contracts, mortgages, conveyances or other securities, where the whole or any part of the consideration of the promise, agreement, note, bill, bond, mortgage, conveyance or other security shall be for money or other valuable thing whatsoever won or lost, laid or staked, or betted at or upon any game of any kind or under any name whatsoever, or by any means, or upon any race, fight, sport or pastime, or any wager, or for the repayment of money or other thing of value, lent or advanced at the time and for the purpose, of any game, play, bet or wager, or of being laid, staked, betted or wagered thereon shall be void.
895.055(2)(2) This section does not apply to contracts of insurance made in good faith for the security or indemnity of the party insured.
895.055(3)(3) This section does not apply to any promise, agreement, note, bill, bond, mortgage, conveyance or other security that is permitted under chs. 562 to 569 or under state or federal laws relating to the conduct of gaming on Indian lands.
895.055 AnnotationA Puerto Rican judgment based on a gambling debt was entitled to full faith and credit in Wisconsin. Conquistador Hotel Corp. v. Fortino, 99 Wis. 2d 16, 298 N.W.2d 236 (Ct. App. 1980).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1980–2016 · leading case: Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc. v. Doyle, 2006 WI 107 (Wis. 2006).
Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc. v. Doyle, 2006 WI 107 (Wis. 2006). “Act 174, Wis. Stat. § 895.055 . Further, 1993 Wisconsin Act 365 created a requirement for the Wisconsin Department of Justice to prosecute violations of the Tribal gaming compacts.”
State v. Gonnelly, 496 N.W.2d 671 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992). “The issues on appeal are whether the checks are gaming contracts under sec. 895.055, Stats., and, if so, whether sec.”
Jafari v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC (In Re Jafari), 569 F.3d 644 (7th Cir. 2009). “Wis. Stat. § 895.055 . Wynn and Caesar’s appealed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.”
Schrenger v. Caesars Indiana, 825 N.E.2d 879 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). “090 (2005); Wis. Stat. Ann. § 895.055 (2004). While we acknowledge that Section 15 does not explicitly refer to Section 1, our holding is that it effectively ereates an exception for riverboat casino debts incurred legally pursuant to Section 15.”
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n, 839 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2016). “One is that its refusal to pay the death benefit is authorized and in fact compelled by another Wisconsin statute, Wis. Stat. § 895.055 , .which with immaterial exceptions voids all gambling contracts.”
Conquistador Hotel Corp. v. Fortino, 298 N.W.2d 236 (Wis. Ct. App. 1980). “703 (1901) and sec. 895.055, Stats. Because the debt underlying the foreign judgment in this case could not be enforced in an original action in the courts of this state, defendant reasons that Wisconsin courts should not be used to enforce a judgment based on the debt.”
In Re Jafari, 378 B.R. 575 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 2007). “Specifically, Wis. Stat. § 895.055 provides: Gaming contracts void.”
Desert Palace Inc. v. Jafari (In Re Jafari), 385 B.R. 262 (W.D. Wis. 2008). “Citing Wisconsin’s Anti-Gaming Statute, Wis. Stat. § 895.055 , and common law, the bankruptcy court disallowed the creditors’ claims after determining that they were void as against public policy.”
Robert Jafari v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC (7th Cir. 2009). “Wis. Stat. § 895.055 . No. 08-3994 5 Wynn and Caesar’s appealed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.”
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