It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, knowingly to permit any house, room, apartment or place owned by him or under his charge or control, to be used in whole or in part for playing, conducting, dealing or carrying on therein any game of chance not mentioned in Sections 330 and 330a of the Penal Code of the state or other state law, with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, pins, checkers, counters, quoits, beans, spindles, tables, wheels, or machines, or any other device, contrivance or apparatus, for money, checks, chips, credit or any other representative of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of value.
(Ord. 2643, 2-02-65; Ord. 536, 11-04-1913)
(People v. Woodland (1956) 145 Cal.App.2d 529, 531)