No person shall keep, own, operate, use, or cause to be kept, operated or used, in any room, inn, tavern, shed, booth, building, enclosure, or upon any premises, or any part thereof, any clock, "joker", tape or slot machine, or other device of any kind or nature whatsoever, upon, in, by, or through which money is staked or hazarded, or into which money is paid or played upon chance, or upon the result of the action of which clock, "joker", tape or slot machine, or other device, money or other valuable thing is staked, bet, hazarded, won, or lost.
Each day which any person shall operate, keep, own, or have in his charge, possession or control any such clock, "joker", tape or slot machine, or other such gambling device, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 191-5)