As Amended
SEC. 87-1-5. Loser may sue and recover money or property lost; exceptions.
If any person, by playing at any game whatever, or by betting on the sides or hands of such as do play at any game, or by betting on any horse race or cockfight, or at any other sport or pastime, or by any wager whatever, shall lose any money, property, or other valuable thing, real or personal, and shall pay or deliver the same or any part thereof, the person so losing and paying or delivering the same, or his wife or children, may sue for and recover such money, property, or other valuable thing so lost and paid or delivered, or any part thereof, from the person knowingly receiving the same, with costs. However, this section shall not apply to betting, gaming or wagering:
(a) On a cruise vessel as defined in Section 27-109-1 whenever such vessel is in the waters within the State of Mississippi, which lie adjacent to the State of Mississippi south of the three (3) most southern counties in the State of Mississippi;
(b) On a vessel as defined in Section 27-109-1 whenever such vessel is on the Mississippi River or navigable waters within any county bordering on the Mississippi River; or
(c) That is legal under the laws of the State of Mississippi.
SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 3 (3); 1857, ch. 45, art. 3; 1871, Sec. 1902; 1880, Sec. 992; 1892, Sec. 2116; 1906, Sec. 2302; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1912; 1930, Sec. 1826; 1942, Sec. 24; Laws, 1989, ch. 481, Sec. 1; 1990, ch. 449, Sec. 3; 1990, ch. 573, Sec. 7; 1990 Ex Sess, ch. 45 Sec. 147, eff from and after passage (approved June 29, 1990).