Mission Viejo Municipal Code Div. 1 Cards, Dice and Similar Games

(a) 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, any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place where any game, gambling or gaming not mentioned or included in Penal Code § 330 or 330a 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.

(b) 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 article, be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purposes.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-5-1), 6-27-88)

Every person who knowingly permits any of the games, gambling or gaming which by section 11.14.010 are made unlawful to be played, maintained, operated, conducted or dealt in any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place owned or rented by such person in whole or in part is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-5-2), 6-27-88)

Every person who visits, frequents, participates in or knowingly permits any games, gambling or gaming which by section 11.14.010 is or are made unlawful to be played, operated, maintained, conducted or dealt in any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-5-3), 6-27-88)

Every person who shall place or bet at or against any of the games, gambling or gaming which by section 11.14.010 are made unlawful shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 88-12, § 2(3-5-4), 6-27-88)

Any violation of any provision of this division may be prosecuted as an administrative civil action pursuant to chapter 1.02 or chapter 1.03 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 97-174, § 19, 8-18-97)