The phrase
AMUSEMENT MACHINE shall mean any mechanical or electronic machine apparatus, contrivance, appliance or device which may be operated or played upon the placing or depositing thereto of any coin, check, slug, ball or any other article or device, or by paying therefor either in advance of or after use, involving in its use either skill or chance, including by not limited to a tape machine, a card machine, pinball machine, a bowling game machine, a shuffleboard machine, a marble game machine, a horse racing machine, a basketball game machine, an electronic video game or any other similar machine or device except for a billiard or pool table, a music machine or a merchandise vending machine.
(1995 Code, § 5.32.010)