either one comprehends the idea that, by a bet, by chance, by some exercise of skill, or by the transpiring of some event unknown until it oc curs, something of value is, as the conclusion of premises agreed, to be transferred from a loser to a winner, without which latter element there is no gaming or gambling. Bish. St. Crimes, §

the punishment of the lighter offenses and misdemeanors, while the latter is a place for permanent or long-continued confinement, or for the punishment of graver crimes. In modern usage, this distinction is commonly taken between the words “gaol” and “penitentiary,” (or state’s prison,) but the name “prison” is indiscriminately applied to either.