[Adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 19, Secs. 19-37 and 19-38, of the 1972 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person to play, to open or cause to be opened, or to operate, carry on or conduct, whether for hire or not, any game of faro, monte, poker, roulette, craps, any banking, percentage or other game played with dice, cards or any device, for money, checks, chips, credit or any other thing of value; to set up, operate or permit to be operated any slot machine or other device whatsoever where money, checks, chips, credit or any other thing of value is played, when the act of playing the same might result in a gain or loss to the party playing; or to gamble knowingly in any other manner; or knowingly to permit his premises, house, lot or other property to be used in connection with, or for, any act declared unlawful in this section. This section shall not prohibit bingo when conducted under the auspices of a nonprofit organization.
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter about in the immediate vicinity where a person or persons are gambling, whether by playing games, operating a slot machine or other device, or otherwise.