Chapter 9.24
GAMING
Sections:
9.24.020 Persons subject to Section 9.24.010.
9.24.030 Pool rooms—Bookmaking.
9.24.010 Violations.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deal, play or carry on, open, or caused to be open, or conduct, either as an owner or employee, whether for hire or not any game not mentioned or included in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California, played with cards, dice, or other device of whatsoever nature, for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representative of value, or to play or bet at or against any of the prohibited games. (Ord. 634, 1991; Ord. 6 Sec. 1, 1964)
9.24.020 Persons subject to Section 9.24.010.
Every person who, knowingly, permits any of the games mentioned in Section 9.24.010 to be played, conducted or dealt in any house owned or rented by such person, in whole or in part, is punishable as provided in Section 1.04.020. (Ord. 6 Sec. 2, 1964)
9.24.030 Pool rooms—Bookmaking.
No person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, shall let or lease any telegraph or telephone line or wire knowing that it is to be used for the purpose of conducting or carrying on a pool room, or for the purpose of conducting the business of making books or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contest. No person shall transmit any message over any telephone or telegraph line or wire owned, controlled or leased by any person engaged in conducting or carrying on a pool room or in conducting the business of making books or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contests, knowing that such message is to be used in conducting or carrying on such pool room or business. This section shall not apply to any activity related to the operations of a mini-satellite facility for pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing operating as an ancillary use to a full-service restaurant that is otherwise permitted by the City Zoning Code, and for which all required City permits have been issued. For purposes of this section, “ancillary” shall be defined as not more than 30 percent of the total floor area open to the general public. (Ord. 968 Sec. 1, 2013; Ord. 9 Sec. 1, 1964)
9.24.040 Horse racing lists.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have in his or its possession in the City any written or printed form, chart, table, list, sheet, circular or publication of any kind, giving or purporting to give, or represented as giving, any list or probable or possible list, of entries for any horse race or other contest thereafter anywhere to take place or which is anywhere taking place, if there be written or printed or published as part thereof, or in connection therewith, or in any other publication, printing or writing accompanying the same or referring thereto or connected therewith, any tip, information, prediction, or selection of, or advice as to, or any key, cipher, or cryptogram indicating, containing or giving any tip, information, publication or selection of, or advice as to the winner or probable winner, or a loser or probable loser, or the result or probable result of any such race or other contest or the standing or probable standing of any horse or other contestant, or the actual, probable or possible state, past, present, or future, of the betting, wagering or odds upon or against any horse or other contestant named in such list, or probable or possible list, of entries unless the names of such horses or other contestants shall be arranged in such list, in alphabetical order, and shall all be printed in type of the same size and face and of identical appearance, and shall all be printed flush with the left side of the column in which the same are printed, or all an equal distance therefrom. This section shall not apply to any activity related to the operations of a mini-satellite facility for pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing operating as an ancillary use to a full-service restaurant that is otherwise permitted by the City Zoning Code, and for which all required City permits have been issued. For purposes of this section, “ancillary” shall be defined as not more than 30 percent of the total floor area open to the general public. (Ord. 968 Sec. 1, 2013; Ord. 9 Sec. 2, 1964)
9.24.050 Pool room defined.
For the purpose of this chapter a pool room is defined to be a room or place where betting or laying of wagers upon the result of races or contests is carried on as a business. (Ord. 9 Sec. 3, 1964)