What is the test for committing to writing the terms of a bet?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Michael, 1974 ALTASCAD 48 (CanLII):
He went on to say: “Now the making of a bet is one thing, the recording or registration of a bet is another thing and the depositing in the hands of a stake-holder of the amount of the bet is again another thing. I admit under the statute the bet itself was not proscribed; whether the committing to writing of the terms of the bet was a recording or registration of the bet, and consequently a misdemeanour we are not called upon in this case to decide.” (Walsh v. Trebilcock 23 S.C.R. 697 at 710 and 711)
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