Except as authorized by the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection under rules established pursuant to Section 4-156-979, no person shall insert, or cause to be inserted, or print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, in any newspaper or other publication printed, published, or circulated in the city, any notice, advertisement, or mention giving or purporting to give information of where or with whom bets or wagers may be made or placed, or where or by whom pools are sold upon the result of any trial or test of skill, speed, or power of endurance of man or beast, or upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election.
No person shall display or exhibit, or distribute or cause to be distributed, any circular, blank, handbill, pamphlet, or other thing containing any such notice, advertisement, or mention described in the above paragraph.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, exhibit, distribute, or cause to be distributed, any newspaper or other publication, circular, blank, handbill, pamphlet, or other written or printed matter giving or purporting to give information concerning the rates at which bets are being offered or taken in the city or elsewhere, or the odds being given or taken on bets within the city or elsewhere, or advice as to betting or the ratio at which bets should be made upon the result of any trial or test of skill, speed, or power of endurance of man or beast, or upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00.
(Prior code § 191-9; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-21, p. 42922, § 6)