§ 130.12 PROSTITUTION OR GAMBLING HOUSE.
   (A)   (1)   No person shall, within the City, keep a common gaming house or procure or permit within any building or premises used or occupied by him, any persons to play or game for money or other valuable thing, nor shall he keep or suffer to be kept any table or other apparatus for the purpose of playing a game or sport for money or other valuable thing.
      (2)   No person shall be present within or be connected with any gaming room or shall play for any money or other valuable thing at any game with cards, dice, or any other article or instrument, or shall bet on any game that others may be playing. No person shall, within the City, have in his or her possession any table, thing, or device for the purpose of gaming.
   (B)   Every table instrument or device used for the purpose of gaming within the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance and immediately upon discovery thereof by any member of the Police Department of the City, it shall be seized and destroyed.
   (C)   Video gaming terminals currently licensed and lawfully operated pursuant to the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40\) and pursuant to §§ 114.01 through 114.09 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Mt. Vernon shall not be subject to the foregoing provisions.
(Prior Code, Art. 12, § 12.14)