Every person who, within the City of Anaheim, plays, deals, opens, conducts, carries on, or otherwise participates in any game which is played, dealt, conducted or carried on, with cards or dice for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representative or articles of value, and every person who plays or bets with or against any of said prohibited games, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, this section shall not prohibit or apply to any game expressly prohibited by state law or to any game expressly authorized by state law and which game the City of Anaheim is not otherwise authorized to prohibit. It is the intent of this section to prohibit the playing of all card and dice games for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representative or articles of value within the City which games are within the power of the City of Anaheim to prohibit. (Ord. 1428 § 2 (part); December 22, 1959: Ord. 4121 § 1 (part); April 29, 1980: Ord. 5483 § 1 (part); March 14, 1995.)