It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, to keep, conduct or maintain within the city any house, room, apartment, office or place used in whole or in part as a place where any game or device not mentioned in Cal. Penal Code §§ 330 or 330a is played, operated, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, or other device, for money, checks, chips, credit, or any other representative of value or for any merchandise, or any other thing or value.
(`83 Code, § 9.08.020)