No person, firm or corporation (or agent or employee thereof) shall play, open or cause to be opened, operate, carry on or conduct any game of roulette, craps or any percentage game played with dice, for money, checks, chips, credit or any other things of value; or shall set up, operate or permit to be operated, any slot machine or other device whatsoever where money, checks, chips, credit or any other things of value are played, when the act of playing the same might result in a gain or loss to the party playing; or shall gamble knowingly in any other similar manner; or knowingly shall permit premises, houses, lots or other property controlled by said entities, to be used in connection with or for, any act declared unlawful in this chapter.