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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE

San Clemente Municipal Code Ch. 9.08 Gambling

San Clemente Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Clemente

Cite as: San Clemente Municipal Code Chapter 9.08 · Text as of 2026-10-04

9.08.010 - Keeping gambling places prohibited.

No person shall for profit or for anything of value or for commercial purposes of any nature keep, conduct or maintain, either directly or indirectly, 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 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.

(Prior code § 16-7)

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9.08.020 - Keeping gambling places prohibited—Violators defined.

Every person, either as owner, lessor, lessee, principal, agent, employee, participant or otherwise, who maintains, keeps, 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 Section 9.08.010 are played, conducted, dealt in 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 in any such games, gambling or gaming shall, for the purposes of Section 9.08.010, be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purpose.

(Prior code § 16-8)

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9.08.030 - Permitting gambling.

No person shall knowingly permit any of the games, gambling or gaming which are made unlawful by Section 9.08.010 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.

(Prior code § 16-9)

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9.08.040 - Betting at games.

No person shall place or bet at or against any of the games, gambling or gaming which are made unlawful by Section 9.08.010.

(Prior code § 16-10)

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9.08.050 - Frequenting, etc., gambling places.

No person shall visit, frequent, participate in or knowingly permit any games, gambling or gaming which are made unlawful by Section 9.08.010 to be played, operated, maintained, conducted or dealt in any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place.

(Prior code § 16-11)

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