Commerce Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Gambling

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4. For statutory provisions pertaining to gambling in general, see Pen. C.A., Section 330.

For the purposes of this chapter, a "pool room" is defined to be a room or place where betting or laying of wagers upon the result of races or contests is carried on as a business.

(Prior code §4266(1)).

It is unlawful, in the City of Commerce, for any person, firm, corporation or association, either as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, to conduct, manage, carry on, maintain, operate, open, deal or deal in, or to cause or permit to be conducted, managed, carried on, maintained, operated, opened, dealt or dealt in, any game, operation or transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, consisting of any money, check, token, credit, goods, wares, merchandise, property or thing of value, is or is to be given, awarded or delivered, either directly or indirectly, and wherein chance is a determining factor or is any determining factor of the result of such game, operation or transaction, which game, operation or transaction is conducted, carried on, maintained, operated or played by the throwing, tossing, dropping, depositing or placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptable, container, object or thing having marked, designated or identified thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any kind, or by the selecting, designating, turning, indicating, choosing or projecting of any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any device, apparatus, or equipment, or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing, selecting, choosing or removing from any receptable or container of any ball, disk, object, substance or material marked, designated or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark, any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark hereinabove referred to, corresponding to, duplicating, referring to or relating to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface, object, substance or thing, held, used, operated or maintained by any player or participant therein or by any person, where, by any predetermined or pre-arranged, or by a rule, method, scheme, design or procedure any person is found, declared or determined to be, or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient or taker of such prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, in the event that any such player or participant pays, deposits, expands, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly, or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or pledge, either directly or indirectly, any money, check, credit, property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase for the privilege of playing or participating therein or of gaining admission to the place or premises where such game, operation or transaction is or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained or operated, or to any place or premises.

(Prior code §4265(part)).

No provision of this chapter shall be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the provisions of Section 320, or of Section 320A, or of Section 330 of the Penal Code, or of any other code section or general law of the state of California. It is the intent of the city council to prohibit by this chapter all games, operations or transactions herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general law of this state, including all games, operations or transactions for profit commonly known as keno, tango, movie tango, bingo, beano, sill ball, fortune, quintain, fascination or inspiration, and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto, under whatever name they may be designated.

(Prior code §4265(part)).

It is unlawful, in the City of Commerce, for any person to participate in play, play in or engage in, either directly or indirectly any game, operation or transaction prohibited by the provisions of Section 9.12.020.

(Prior code §4265(1)).

It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, owning, leasing, managing, controlling or having any interest in any property or premises lying within the city to cause or permit the maintenance or operation in or on such property or premises, having knowledge, or after reasonable notice, of the existence thereof, of any game, operation or transaction declared by the provisions of Section 9.12.020 to be unlawful.

(Prior code §4265(2)).

No person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, shall let or lease any telegraph or telephone line or wire knowing that it is to be used for the purpose of conducting or carrying on a pool room, or for the purpose of conducting the business of making books or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contest. No person shall transmit any message over any telephone or telegraph line or wire owned, controlled or leased by any person engaged in conducting or carrying on a pool room or in conducting the business of making books or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contest, knowing that such message is to be used in conducting or carrying on such pool room or business.

(Prior code §4266(part)).