No person shall keep or maintain any common gambling house or gaming room, or permit on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him or her any apparatus or device used for gaming or gambling, or use such apparatus or device or assist any other person in using the same for gaming or gambling purposes. No person shall have in his or her possession any policy or pool slips, tickets, checks or other paper which is marked additionally with any kind of notation indicating any form of gambling. The possession of such writing or device shall constitute prima-facie evidence of intention to use the same for gambling.
(1974 Code Sec. 9.67)