§ 11-26. Prohibited

Except as expressly permitted, pursuant to Title 9, Chapter II, Article 21, of this Code, no person, either as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, shall operate, open or deal in any game, operation or transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, payment or gratuity consisting of any money, check, token credit, goods, wares, merchandise, property or thing of value, is or is to be given, awarded or delivered, either directly or indirectly, and wherein chance is a determining factor or is any determining factor of the result of such game, operation or transaction, which game, operation or transaction is conducted, carried on, maintained, operated or played by the throwing, tossing, dropping, depositing or placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptacle, container, object or thing having marked, designated or identified thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any kind, or by the selecting, designating, turning, indicating, choosing or projecting of any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark by means of any device, apparatus or equipment or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing, selecting, choosing or removing from any receptacle or container of any ball, disc, object, substance or material marked, designated or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface, object, substance or thing held, used, operated or maintained by any player or participant therein or by any person, where, by any predetermined or prearranged rule, method, scheme, design or procedure, any person is found, declared or determined to be, or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient or taker of such prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, in the event that any such player or participant pays, deposits, expends, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly, or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or pledge, either directly or indirectly, any money, check, credit, property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase for the privilege of playing or participating therein or of gaining admission to the place or premises where such game, operation or transaction is, or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained or operated, or to any other place or premises.

(Code 1960, § 4100; Ord. No. 89-31, § 2(2), 12-4-89)