CANON 50: On the Sickness of Gambling
From now on, no one, whether a clergyman or a layman, is permitted to gamble (or to play dice, etc.). If any clergyman is caught doing this, let him be deposed from office; but if he is a layman, let him be excommunicated.
Interpretation by St. Nikodemos: These Fathers forbid everyone to gamble, in other words, to play dice, cards, checkers, or any other such games, whether a clergyman or a layman. Any clergyman who plays these games after the publication of this Canon is to be deposed from office; but if he is a layman, he is to be excommunicated. (See also Ap. Canon XLII)
