Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chapter 9.28 — GAMBLING
Amador County Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Amador County
§ 9.28.010. Prohibited games.¶
Every person who deals, plays or carries on, opens or causes to be opened, or who conducts, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game played with cards, dice or any device, for money, checks, credit or other representative of value, and any person who plays or bets at any of said prohibited games, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 173 § 1, 1924)
§ 9.28.020. Permitting games to be played–Misdemeanor.¶
Every person who knowingly permits any of the games mentioned in Section 9.28.010 to be played, conducted or dealt in any house owned or rented by such person, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 173 § 2, 1924)
§ 9.28.030. Violation–Penalty.¶
Every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 173 § 3, 1924)
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