It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgagee or otherwise, to operate, keep, maintain, rent, use or conduct, within the City and County of San Francisco, any machine, contrivance, appliance or mechanical device upon the result of the action of which money or other valuable things are staked, or hazarded, and which is operated, or played by placing or depositing therein any coins, checks, slugs, balls or other articles or device, or in any other manner, and by means of the action thereof, or as a result of the operation of which, any merchandise, money, representative or article of value, check or token, redeemable in, or exchangeable for money, or any other thing of value is won or lost, or taken from or obtained from such machine when the result of the action or operation of such machine, contrivance, appliance, or mechanical device, is dependent upon hazard or chance.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)