It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to have in his or its possession in the City, a book or books, paper or papers, apparatus, device or paraphernalia for the purpose of recording, registering, forwarding or paying, or any betting marker or other memorandum, writing or record of, any bet or bets, or any purported bet or bets, or wagers, or any purported wager or wagers, upon the result, or purported result of any trial, or purported trial, or contest, or purported contest, of skill, speed, or power of endurance of man or beast, or between men, beasts or mechanical apparatus, or upon the result, or purported result, of any lot, chance, casualty, or contingent event whatsoever.
('65 Code, § 23-14) (Ord. No. CS-120)