Villa Park Municipal Code Art. 5-3 Games of Chance for Profit

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For statutory provisions as to gaming generally, see Penal Code § 330 et seq.

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 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 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor liable to the penalty stated in Chapter I, Article 1-5. 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, or 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, death, 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 of any financial profit from playing, conducting, or dealing of any such games, gambling or gaming shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating, and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purposes.

(Ord. #62-15, § 1; New)

Every person who knowingly permits any of the games, gambling, or gaming which by subsection 5-3.1 hereof 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 punishable as provided in subsection 5-3.1 hereof.

(Ord. #62-15, § 2)

Every person who visits, frequents, participates in or knowingly permits any games, gambling or gaming which by subsection 5-3.1 hereof 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. #62-15, § 3; New)

Every person who shall place or bet at or against any of the games, gambling or gaming which by subsection 5-3.1 hereof are made unlawful shall be punishable as provided in subsection 5-3.1.

(Ord. #62-15, § 5)