Orange County Municipal Code Art. 1 Cards, Dice and Similar Games

Every person who for profit, or for anything of valve or for commercial purposes of any nature, keeps, operates, conducts or maintains, either directly or indirectly, in the unincorporated territory of the County of Orange, State of California, 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 article, be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purposes.

(Code 1961, § 35.011)

Every person who knowingly permits any of the games, gambling or gaming which by section 3-5-1 of this article 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.

(Code 1961, § 35.012)

Every person who visits, frequents, participates in or knowingly permits any games, gambling or gaming which by section 3-5-1 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.

(Code 1961, § 35.013)

Every person who shall place or bet at or against any of the games, gambling or gaming which by section 3-5-1 of this article are made unlawful shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1961, § 35.014)