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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›III. - Offenses Against Public Decency

Daly City Municipal Code Ch. 9.14 Gambling

Daly City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Daly City

Cite as: Daly City Municipal Code Chapter 9.14 · Text as of 2026-10-04

9.14.010 - Certain games prohibited in public places.

No person shall play any games of chance or skill not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the state, with dice or cards, for money, checks, credit or other representatives of value in any public barroom or other public place, or in any place where money or other valuable consideration is charged in any manner for the privilege of playing such games of chance.

(Prior code § 19-8)

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9.14.020 - Allowing certain games prohibited.

No person having possession, charge or control of any public barroom or public place shall permit, suffer, let or allow any game of chance or skill played with cards or dice and not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the state to be played therein for money, checks, credit or other representative value.

(Prior code § 19-9)

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9.14.030 - Charging for use of room for gaming purposes.

No person having possession, charge or control of any room, quarters, flat, apartment or any premises shall charge any person any sum of money or representative of value for the privilege of playing any game of chance or skill with cards or dice, not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the state.

(Prior code § 19-10)

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9.14.040 - Barricaded house—Exposure of gambling instruments prohibited.

No person within the city shall exhibit or expose to view in any barred or barricaded house, room, apartment, flat or in any place or protected in a manner to make it difficult of access or ingress to police officers, when one or more persons are present, any cards, dice, dominoes, fan tan table or layout, roulette wheel, crap table, racing scratch sheet, bookmaking markers, lottery or pool tickets or markers or any other gambling implements or paraphernalia whatsoever.

(Prior code § 19-11)

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9.14.050 - Barricaded house—Visiting for gambling purposes prohibited.

No person, for the practice of gambling within the city, shall visit or resort to any barred or barricaded house, room, flat, apartment or any other place built or protected in a manner to make it difficult of access or ingress to police officers, where any cards, dice, dominoes, fan tan table or layout or any part of such layout or any gambling implements whatsoever are exhibited or exposed to view when two or more persons are present.

(Prior code § 19-12)

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9.14.060 - Leasing premises for gambling purposes prohibited.

No person shall keep, maintain, visit for the practice of gambling or contribute to the support of, or pay utility bills or telephone bills for any house or place where gambling, prohibited by this chapter, is carried on or conducted; nor shall any person knowingly lease or sublease or transfer the possession of any house, flat, apartment, room or any place for use by any person for the purpose of gambling, which is prohibited by this chapter.

(Prior code § 19-13)

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