San Diego Municipal Code § 56.07 Coin Operated Contrivance, Gambling Devices, Etc., Delivering Money or

Tokens, Etc., Exchangeable for Money — Prohibited

That it shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession, or under his control, either as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgage, or otherwise, or to permit to be placed, maintained or kept in any room, space, enclosure or building owned, leased or occupied by him or under his management or control, any clock, joker, tape, card or slot machine, appliance, contrivance or mechanical device which is operated or played by placing or depositing therein any coins, checks, slugs, balls, or other articles of device, or in any other manner, and by means whereof, or as a result of the operation of which, any merchandise, money, representative or articles of value, checks, or tokens, redeemable in or exchangeable for money, or any other thing of value, is won or lost or taken from or obtained from such machine. (Incorp. 1–22–1952 by O–5046 N.S.)

That every clock, joker, appliance, tape, card or slot machine, or other machine or device, whether or not the same shall indicate the reward to be paid thereby before each subsequent play, action, or operation thereof, for the reception of money, checks, slugs, balls, or other articles of device, or upon the action or operation of which money, merchandise, representative, or articles of value, checks or tokens redeemable in or exchangeable for money or any other thing of value, is paid, won or lost, or obtained, is hereby declared to be a gambling device, and shall be subject to seizure, confiscation and destruction by the Police Department of The City of San Diego. (Incorp. 1–22–1952 by O–5046 N.S.)

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San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 5: Public Safety, Morals and Welfare (4-2025)

This Section is designed and intended to cover the operation of machines in The City of San Diego which do not give each and every time played the same value in goods, fares or merchandise, token, slug, ticket, or anything exchangeable directly or indirectly for any thing of value, and is designed and shall be construed to prohibit all devices as well as slot machines, howsoever operated, or howsoever played, which do not give the same value in goods, wares or merchandise, or token of value exchangeable for goods, wares or merchandise or money, each time said device is operated, and is intended to include boards or other devices equipped with pegs and slots guiding or directing the fall or deposit of coins or slugs or balls, where such fall or deposit govern the amount received by the depositor in merchandise or other articles of value or exchange, and the amount or article or merchandise or token received is not always the same; PROVIDED, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the maintenance and operation of mechanical devices which deliver to the operator exactly the same result each time played in goods, wares or merchandise. (Incorp. 1–22–1952 by O–5046 N.S.)

That it shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession, or under his control, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgagee or otherwise, or to permit to be placed, maintained or kept in any room, space, enclosure or building owned, leased or occupied by him, or under his management or control, any gambling device. (Incorp. 1–22–1952 by O–5046 N.S.)