Lake Forest Municipal Code Ch. 11.44 Gambling

Every person who for profit, or for anything of value or for commercial purposes of any nature, keeps, operates, conducts or maintains, either directly or indirectly, in the City of Lake Forest, any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place where any game, gambling or gaming not mentioned or included in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California is played, conducted, dealt or carried on whether with cards, dice or any other device of whatsoever nature for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representative of value shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Every person either as owner, lessor, lessee, principal, agent, employee or participant or otherwise who maintains or keeps or operates or conducts directly or indirectly in whole or in part, or who directly or indirectly is in possession in whole or in part of any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place upon or in which any gambling, games or gaming prohibited in this section are played, conducted, dealt or carried on, and who imposes or collects a fee or anything of value for the privilege of participating in any way whatsoever in any such games, gambling or gaming, or who directly or indirectly gains or receives anything of value or any financial profit from playing, conducting or dealing of any such games, gambling or gaming shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purposes.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

It shall be unlawful in the City of Lake Forest 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, receptacle, container, object, or thing having been 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 by means of any device, apparatus, or equipment, or by any means or in any manner or by the drawing, selecting, choosing, or removing from any receptacle 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 predetermination or prearrangement, or by any 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, expends, 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 other place or premises; provided, however, that 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 330, or of Section 330a of the Penal Code, or of any other code section or general law of the State of California, it being 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, beano, skill ball, fortune, quintan, fascination, or inspiration, and all games, operations, or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be designated.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person, firm, corporation or association, owning, leasing, managing, controlling or having any interest in any property or premises lying within the City of Lake Forest to knowingly cause or permit the maintenance or operation in or on such property or premises of any game, operation or transaction declared by the provisions of Section 11.44.010 or 11.44.020 to be unlawful.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor in the City of Lake Forest 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 11.44.010 or 11.44.020.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

Every person who shall place or bet at or against any of the games, gambling or gaming which by Section 11.44.010 are made unlawful shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

Bingo games are permitted as set forth in, and subject to the requirements and conditions of, Chapter 5.20 of this Code.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, fundraisers may be conducted by nonprofit organizations in strict compliance with Section 19985 et seq. of the California Business and Professions Code.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)