Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 6.12 Gambling

It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, to keep, conduct or maintain within the county of Marin, any house, room, apartment or place used in whole, or in part, as a place where any game not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California, is played, conducted, dealt or carried on, with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or other device, for money, checks, chips, credit or any other representative of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of value.

(Ord. 220 § 1, 1934)

It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, knowingly to permit any house, room, apartment or place owned by him or under his charge or control, in said county of Marin to be used, in whole or in part, for playing, conducting, dealing or carrying on therein any game not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California, with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues or other device, for money, checks, chips, credit or any other representative of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of value.

(Ord. 220 § 2, 1934)

It shall be unlawful for any person, within the county of Marin, to play or bet at or against any game not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or other device, for money, checks, chips, credit or any other representative of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of value, at any house, room, apartment or place kept, conducted or maintained, and used in whole or in part, as the place where any such game is played, conducted, dealt or carried on.

(Ord. 220 § 3, 1934)

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed so as to prohibit games of dice played for merchandise only at or in any regularly established place of business maintained for the sale of such merchandise.

(Ord. 220 § 4, 1934)

It is, and shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, within the limits of the county of Marin to use or occupy any room, house or other building, to or from which the public has or may have ingress or egress, and wherein cigars, cigarettes, tobacco or articles of food or drink are sold, and/or wherein any game, performance or other entertainment or amusement is played, offered or presented, unless at all times during the use and occupancy of such rooms, house or other building there be on each floor a passageway or passageways opening on to and leading from the street into such room, house or other building, plainly marked "entrance"; said entrance sign to be observable from the street; which said passageway or passageways shall be at least three feet wide and shall be and remain unlocked, free and unobstructed and which said passageway or passageways shall connect the street directly with any and all rooms, and any and all portions of such house or other building so used and occupied.

(Ord. 220 § 5, 1934)

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 220 § 6, 1934)