It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, knowingly to permit any house, room, apartment, office or place owned by him, or under his charge, management or control, in the city, to be used in whole or in part for playing, operating, conducting, dealing or carrying on therein any game or device not mentioned in Cal. Penal Code §§ 330 or 330a with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, or other device, for money, check, chips, credit, or any other representative of value or for any merchandise, or any other thing of value.
(`83 Code, § 9.08.030)