Every establishment in the city of Sunnyvale where any pool or billiard table or other legally permissible gambling device is maintained for public use or hire shall be closed each morning between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. Every person who, whether as owner, agent, employee or otherwise permits or allows any such establishment to remain open, or being closed, permits any person or persons to remain or enter therein and to play any legally permissible game with cards, tables or other devices, or to make any purchase between the hours of two and six a.m., is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof the license of the person operating such establishment shall be forfeited.
(Prior code § 4-2.08)
Every person who deals, plays or carries on, opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game of skill or chance played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, checks, credit, or other representative of value, in any billiard or pool hall, store, hotel or other public place in the city of Sunnyvale, and every person who plays or bets at or against any such games, and every owner or person in control of a billiard or pool hall, store, hotel or other public place who permits or allows any such game to be played in his establishment, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided, however, that an arrangement between players of pool, billiards and similar games, played in a public billiard or pool hall, whereby the loser is to pay the actual rent or charge for the use of the implements with which the game is played, shall not be construed to be a violation of this section.
(Prior code § 4-2.09)
It is unlawful for any person to play or bet at, in, on, or against any game or device not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the state of California with cards, dice or any device for money, checks, credit or other representative of value.
(Prior code § 4-2.10)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, to keep, conduct, or maintain or to permit to be kept, conducted or maintained any house, room, apartment or place in the city of Sunnyvale to be used in whole or in part for any game or device not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the state of California which is played with cards, dice or any device for money, checks, credit or other representative of value.
(Prior code § 42.11)
This chapter shall not apply to any game of bingo conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9.37 of this code.
(Ord. 1873-77 § 2)