It is unlawful for any person within the city to exhibit or
expose to view any barred or barricaded house or room, or in any place
built or protected in a manner to make it difficult of access or ingress
to police officers, when three or more persons are present, any cards,
dice, dominoes, fan-tan table or layout, or any gambling implements
whatsoever; or for any person to visit or resort to any such barred
or barricaded house or room or other place in the city, built or protected
in a manner to make it difficult of access or ingress to peace officers,
where any cards, dice, dominoes, fan-tan table or layout, or any such
layout, or any gambling implements whatsoever are exhibited or exposed
to view when three or more persons are present; or for any person
in the city to become a visitor at any place for the practice of gambling
in the city.
(Prior code § 37.101)
It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee,
or otherwise knowingly to let or underlet, or transfer the possession
of any premises for use by any person, or to permit any house, room,
apartment or place owned by him or her or under his or her charge
or control in the city to be used, in whole or in part, as a gambling
house or place for playing, conducting, dealing, or carrying on any
game, not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the state,
with cards, dice or other device for money, checks, chips, credit
or anything of value.
(Prior code § 37.102)
It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee,
or otherwise, to keep, conduct or maintain within the city any house,
room, apartment, or place used in whole or in part as a gambling house
or a place where any game, not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal
Code of the state, is played, conducted, dealt, or carried on with
cards, dice or other device for money, checks, chips, credit or anything
of value.
(Prior code § 37.103)
It is unlawful for any person within the city to conduct, carry
on, deal, play or bet at or against any game of poker or draw poker
for money, checks, chips, credit or anything of value, when such game
of poker or draw poker is played with a kitty or takeout, or rake-off,
or with, in connection with any device, scheme, or arrangement whereby
a portion of the gains, losses, bets, or stakes of said game, or of
any of the players thereat, is paid to, or taken out, or laid aside
for the use or benefit of any person owning, managing, conducting,
controlling, or having to control, conduct or management of the room,
or apartment or place wherein or whereat such game of poker or draw
poker is played, dealt, conducted or carried on.
(Prior code § 37.104)
It is unlawful for any person within the city to conduct, carry
on, play at or bet upon any game played with cards, dice or other
instruments for money or for anything of value whatsoever, or to bet
with money or anything of value whatsoever at or upon the result of
any of said games.
(Ord. 190, 1991)
