Chapter 6.24 — GAMBLING

Statutory reference: Statute authority, see Cal. Penal Code § 230

It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgagee or otherwise, to operate, keep, maintain, rent, use or conduct, within the city, any clock, tape, slot machine or any other machine, contrivance or device upon which money is staked or hazarded upon chance, or upon the result of the action of which money, or other article of value is staked, bet, hazarded, won or lost upon chance. (1995 Code, § 6.24.010)

It is unlawful for any proprietor, keeper, clerk or any other person having charge of any store or other public place within the city, to permit any person under the age of 18 years to play or engage in or be present at any game of cards played in any store or other public place within the city. (1995 Code, § 6.24.020)

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person within the city to deal, play, carry on or bet at or against any game played with cards, dice or other instrument, thing, device or machine, for money, either directly or indirectly, or for checks, chips or credit or any other article exchangeable for or redeemable in money, which game is not prohibited by any law of the state. (1995 Code, § 6.24.030)

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to rent, open up, carry on, conduct or have charge of or control of any room, apartment or place in the city whether as an owner, employee or otherwise, whether for hire or not, wherein any game played with cards, dice or any other instrument, thing, device or machine, which game is prohibited by any law of the state, is played, dealt, conducted, carried on, permitted to be played or conducted, for money, either directly or indirectly, or for checks, credit, chips or any other article exchangeable for or redeemable in money. (1995 Code, § 6.24.040)

It is unlawful for any person to exhibit or expose to view in any barred or barricaded house or room in any place built or protected in a manner to make it difficult of access or ingress to police officers, when three or more persons are present, any cards, dice, dominoes, fantan table or layout or any gambling implements whatsoever. (1995 Code, § 6.24.050)

It is unlawful for any person to visit or resort to any such barred or barricaded house or room or other place built or protected in a manner to make it difficult of access or ingress to police officers, where any cards, dice, dominoes, fantan tables or layout, or any part of such layout, or any gambling implements whatsoever are exhibited or exposed to view when three or more persons are present.

(1995 Code, § 6.24.060)