A. 
Gambling Houses. No person shall keep, conduct or maintain any house, room, apartment or place, used in whole or in part as a gambling house or place where any game is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, dominoes or other devices, for money, checks, chips, credit or any representative of value, in the result of which game chance is any determining factor, except as set forth in Section 9.12.030. The word "cards" as used in this chapter is not intended to and shall not include games known as bridge or whist.
B. 
Permitting Use as a Gambling House. No person shall knowingly permit any house, room, apartment or place owned by him or her or under his or her charge or control to be used in whole or in part as a gambling house or place of playing, conducting, dealing or carrying on any game, played with cards, dice, dominoes or other devices, for money, checks, chips, credit or any representative of value, in the result of which game chance is any determining factor, except as set forth in Section 9.12.030.
C. 
Betting. No person shall deal, operate, play or bet at or against any game, in the result of which game chance is any determining factor, which game is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, dominoes or other devices, for money, checks, chips, credit or any representative of value, in any house, room, apartment or place, except as set forth in Section 9.12.030.
(Ord. 67, 1972; Ord. 301-00)
The following exceptions are made to the provisions of Section 9.12.020:
A. 
Private Games. The provisions shall not apply to occasional private games, otherwise lawful, carried on for purely social purposes in a private home. Neither shall the provisions apply to otherwise lawful games, other than card games, conducted by a private group of customers, for the sole purpose of determining which member of the group shall pay for food refreshments or beverages for immediate consumption by the group.
B. 
Benevolent Organizations Licensed. A license may be issued in the reasonable discretion of the Council or its designated agent, to any incorporated or chartered or fraternal, labor, benevolent or charitable organization or to any religious association, which organization or association has been continuously carrying on within the Town the activities for which it was organized for a period of not less than two years immediately preceding the application. The license shall authorize such organization or association to conduct a game room or rooms wherein games not in conflict with any State law may be played and conducted incidental to the other activities of the organization, but in conformity with the provisions of this subsection. No advertising signs shall be permitted in connection with the operation. The licensee shall have an attendant in such room at all times when games are in progress, and it shall be his or her duty to report to the licensee any violation of law. No such game room shall be open to the public, but shall be used only by the members of the respective organization or association licensed and shall be maintained in the building principally used by the licensee.
C. 
Veterans Home. This chapter does not apply to the area comprising the State of California Veterans Home.
D. 
Bingo. This chapter does not apply to bingo games, which are regulated by Chapter 5.08.
(Ord. 67, 1972; Ord. 301-00)
Application for a license under the provisions of Section 9.12.030(B) shall be made to the Council or its designated agent in writing and shall set forth facts which the applicant contends entitle it to a license. The application shall be verified. The license shall be valid only for the Town's fiscal year, and shall be issued originally or renewed annually upon application to the Council or its designated agent.
(Ord. 67, 1972; Ord. 301-00)
An application or license under the provisions of Section 9.12.030(B) may be denied, suspended or revoked by the Council or its designated agent upon proof to its satisfaction of a violation of any law by the applicant or licensee, or upon a determination by the Council that the applicant or licensee does not meet the requirements of Section 9.12.030(B), or upon a determination by the Council that the conduct of the particular game room would be or is inimical to the public health, morals, safety, peace or general welfare. If a license is revoked, no new license shall be issued to the licensee for a period of one year subsequent to the revocation. No license shall be denied, suspended or revoked until after a hearing has been held by the Council, notice of which shall be given in writing at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.
(Ord. 67, 1972; Ord. 301-00)