Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch. 11.12 Gambling

It is unlawful for any person either as principal, agent or employee, or otherwise, to keep, conduct or maintain within the city, any house, room, apartment, stand or place used in whole or in part as a gambling house or place where any game not mentioned in Chapter 10, Title 9, Part 1, 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, pennants, cigars, candy, merchandise or other valuable thing or representative of value.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, knowingly to permit any house, room, apartment, stand 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 Chapter 10, Title 9, Part 1, of the Penal Code of the state, with cards, dice or other device for money, checks, chips, credit, pennants, cigars, candy, merchandise or other valuable thing or representative of value.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

It is unlawful for any person to play or bet at or against any game not mentioned in Chapter 10, Title 9, Part 1, of the Penal Code of the state, which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, or other device, for money, checks, chips, credit, pennants, cigars, candy, merchandise or other valuable thing or representative of value, in any house, room, apartment or place described in this chapter.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent or employee, to keep, maintain, rent, use or conduct within the city any slot machine or similar device not included within the prohibitions of Chapter 10, Title 9, Part 1, of the Penal Code of the state, from which merchandise, money or tokens can be or is obtained by any person other than the owner of the machine or device, the amount of the money or merchandise or the number of the tokens so obtained being variable and dependent upon the operation of the machine or device, or of any preceding operation thereof, whether the result of the preceding operation is indicated or otherwise.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

It is unlawful for any person knowingly to visit, frequent or be present at or within any house, room, apartment, stand or place where any game is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice or other device for money, checks, chips, credit, pennants, cigars, candy, merchandise or other valuable thing or representative of value; provided, however, that this chapter shall not apply to any police officer while in the exercise of his or her duties as an officer nor to any person whose presence in any such place is necessary in the course of his or her lawful business.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)