Returning Money from a Bet

Monetary Laws and Charity

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Question

A person who made a bet with a friend and specified an amount to give if the reality is one way or another, and the friend the opposite if the reality is not so, does this have monetary validity according to Choshen Mishpat to return the money?

Answer

Shalom Rav

Someone who made a bet with a friend for a sum of money is not obligated to fulfill this commitment.

However, if he has already paid the bet money, he cannot demand his friend to return what was received.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, Siman 207, Sif 13

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