§ 11-33. Keeping gambling house

Except as expressly permitted, pursuant to Title 9, Chapter II, Article 21, of this Code:

(1) 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 incorporated territory of the city any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place where any game, gambling or gaming not mentioned or included in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code is played, conducted, dealt or carried on, whether with cards, dice or any other device of whatsoever nature for money, check, credit, merchandise or other representative of value, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) 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, of any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place upon or in which any gambling, game or gaming prohibited in this section is played, conducted, dealt 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 game, gambling or gaming, or who, directly or indirectly, gains or receives anything of value or any financial profit from playing, conducting or dealing of any such game, gambling or gaming, shall for the purposes of this chapter be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purposes.

(Code 1960, §§ 4109, 4119; Ord. No. 89-31, § 2(2), 12-4-89)