(a) No person, while at a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort shall make a bet or play any game of chance or scheme of chance.
(b) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control, or supervision of a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort shall recklessly permit the premises to be used or occupied in violation of division (a) of this section.
(c) Divisions (a) and (b) of this section does not prohibit conduct in connection with gambling expressly permitted by law.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of public gaming, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of any gambling offense, public gaming is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(e) Premises used or occupied in violation of division (b) of this section constitute a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3767.
(ORC 2915.04)