[Adopted as Ch. 6, Art. 3, §§ 6-317 through
6-321, of the 1976 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person to set up or keep a gambling
house, table, room, place, or gambling device at which a game of chance
may be played for money, property, or other valuable article representing
money, property, or other valuable thing. It shall be further unlawful
for any person to suffer or permit such gambling device to be set
up, kept, or used for the purpose of gambling in or upon any premises
or tenement belonging to or under the control of any such person.
Any person who shall play at any game whatever, except a licensed
game of bingo, for any sum of money, or other property of value, or
shall bet or wager any money or property of value upon any gambling
table or device, or who shall be the keeper or operator of a punch
board, gaming table, or gambling machine for the purpose of determining
any chance upon which money is won or lost, shall be deemed to be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Amended 2-1-1983 by Ord.
No. 4-83]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in any lottery for
the disposal or distribution of property by chance among persons who
have paid or promised to pay any valuable consideration for the chance
of obtaining such property or portion of it, or for any share or interest
in such property upon any agreement, understanding or expectation
that it is to be distributed or disposed of by lot or chance, whether
such scheme be called "lottery," "raffle" or "gift enterprise," and
no person shall contrive, prepare, set up or establish any such lottery.
B.
Traffic in lottery tickets. It shall be unlawful for any person to
sell, give or in any manner whatsoever furnish or transfer to or for
any person any ticket understood to be or to represent any ticket,
chance, share or interest in any property or thing involved in any
enterprise mentioned in the preceding subsection or depending upon
the event of any such scheme, lottery or enterprise.
It shall be unlawful for any person to aid or assist, either
by printing, writing, advertising, publishing or otherwise, in setting
up, managing or drawing any lottery or scheme, or in selling or disposing
of any ticket, chance or share therein, or for any person to let or
permit to be used any building or premises for any said purpose.
It shall be unlawful for any person, to visit, frequent, or
loaf about any room or place where gambling or the playing of games
of chance for money, or articles representing money or property, is
conducted or permitted, knowing the same to be such a place.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any person who violates
the prohibitions or provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty
of a violation. The penalty for such violation shall be an amount
not to exceed $500 for any one offense, recoverable with costs, and
in default of said payment the offender shall stand committed to the
County Jail until such fine and costs are paid. Each period of 24
hours during or on which a violation occurs or continues shall be
deemed a separate offense.
