It shall be unlawful in the City for any person, firm, corporation, or association, either as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, to conduct, manage, carry on, maintain, operate, open, deal or deal in, or to cause or permit to be conducted, managed, carried on, maintained, operated, opened, dealt or dealt in, any game, operation or transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award payment or gratuity, consisting of any money, check, token, credit, goods, wares, merchandise, property or thing of value is or is to be given, awarded or delivered, either directly or indirectly, and wherein chance is a determining factor or is any determining factor of the result of such game, operation or transaction, which game, operation or transaction is conducted, carried on, maintained, operated or played by the throwing, tossing, dropping, depositing or placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptacle, container, object or thing having marked, designated or identified thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark by means of any device, apparatus or equipment, or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing, selecting, choosing or removing from any receptacle or container of any ball, disk, object, substance or material marked, designated or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark, any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark herein above referred to, corresponding to, duplicating, referring to or relating to, in whole or part, directly or indirectly, any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface, object, substance or thing, held, used, operated or maintained by any player or participant therein or by any person where, by any predetermined or prearranged, or by any rule, method, scheme, design or procedure any person is found, declared or determined to be, or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient, or taker of such prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award payment or gratuity, in the event that such player or participant pays, deposits, expends, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly, or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or pledge, either directly or indirectly, any money, check, credit, property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase for the privilege of playing or participating therein or of gaining admission to the place or premises where such game, operation or transaction is or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained or operated, or to any other place or premises; provided, however, that no provisions of this Subchapter shall be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the provisions of Cal. Penal Code §§ 330 or 330a, or 320, or of any other code section or general law of the State of California, it being the intent of the City Council to prohibit by this Subchapter all games, operations or transactions herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general law of this State, including all games, operations or transactions for profit commonly known as keno, tango, movie tango, bingo, beano, skill ball, fortune, Quinta, fascination or inspiration and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be designated.
('65 Code, § 23-20) (Ord. No. 523 § 8)