For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONTEST OF CHANCE. Any contest, game, gaming scheme, or gaming device in which the outcome depends in a material degree upon an element of chance, notwithstanding that skill of the contestants may also be a factor therein.
GAMBLING.
(1) When a person stakes or risks something of value upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under his or her control or influence, upon an agreement or understanding that he or she or someone else will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome.
(2) GAMBLING does not include:
(a) Social games; or
(b) Bona fide business transactions valid under the law of contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or commodities, and agreements to compensate for loss caused by the happening of chance, including, but not limited to, contracts of indemnity or guaranty and life, health, or accident insurance.
GAMBLING DEVICE. Any device, machine, paraphernalia, or equipment that is used or usable in the playing phases of unlawful gambling, whether it consists of gambling between persons or gambling by a person involving the playing of a machine. Amusement devices, which do not return to the operator or player thereof anything but free additional games or plays, shall not be considered to be GAMBLING DEVICES.
GAMEROOM. Any space, room, or enclosure furnished or equipped with a table used or intended to be used for the playing of social games only and the use of which is available to the public. This definition shall not apply to any bona fide nonprofit society, club, or fraternal organization as defined in § 112.10.
SOCIAL GAME. A game, which does not include lotteries, between players in a private business, private club, or place of public accommodation where no house player, house bank, or house odds exist and there is no income from the operation of the social game.
(Ord. 314, passed 4-11-1988)