A. Prohibited: No person shall play, deal, carry on or conduct any game whatsoever or any plan, scheme or device for money, checks, credits, goods, chattels or anything of value by means of cards, dice, wheels, slot machines, vending devices, tops, punchboards, lotteries, raffles or any contrivance, means, device or machine of any denomination or name whatsoever within the town. (1987 Code § 10-11)
B. Allowing On Premises: No person shall knowingly permit subsection A of this section to be violated in or upon the premises owned, managed or controlled by him. (1987 Code § 10-12)
C. Confiscation Of Devices: It shall be the duty of the police to seize any game, device, cards, tools and implements or other articles or things designed for the purpose of gambling, employed or used by or in the possession of parties arrested for gambling, and, upon conviction of the parties so arrested, and upon order of the judge, to confiscate and destroy the same. (1987 Code § 10-13)
D. Exception: Nothing in subsection A, B or C of this section shall be construed to apply to games of chance known as raffles or bingo conducted by charitable or nonprofit organizations if the tickets of such raffles or bingo are sold only within this state. (1987 Code § 10-14)
Notes
| 1 | 1. As to gambling generally, see WS § 6-7-101 et seq. For state law as to authority of town to restrain, prohibit, etc., gambling, see WS § 15-1-103. |