(a) No person, while at a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement or resort, shall make a bet or play any game of chance.
(b) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control or supervision of a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement or resort, shall recklessly permit such premises to be used or occupied in violation of subsection (a) hereof.
(c) This section does not prohibit conduct in connection with gambling expressly permitted by law.
(d) Premises used or occupied in violation of subsection (b) hereof constitute a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3767.01 to 3767.99.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of public gaming, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has previously been convicted of any gambling offense, public gaming is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 2915.04)