531.03 POOLROOMS AND BILLIARD PARLORS.

   (a)   Gambling. No dice shall be thrown nor shall cards or other games of chance be permitted or played in a billiard or poolroom, nor in any part of the building in which pool or billiard tables are located, nor in a bowling alley, used jointly with a pool and billiard parlor or room.

   (b)   Minors. No owner or keeper of a billiard and/or pool parlor or room, or the owner or keeper of a billiard or pool table at any other public place shall permit a minor under the age of eighteen years to play billiards or pool, or be or remain in such parlor or public place.

   (c)   Hours. A minor under eighteen years of age, when accompanied by either a parent or his legal guardian may be permitted to play both billiards and pool, or be and remain in such parlor or public place. An adult person, who is in charge of a group of minor children under the age of eighteen years, may bring the group into a billiard or pool parlor for the purpose of permitting them to play both billiards and pool and the group may be permitted to play both billiards and pool or be in and remain in the parlor or public place so long as they remain under the supervision and control of the adult person. Poolrooms or parlors confined only to such sole activity shall not be open between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a. m.

   However, for bowling alleys, taverns and other business establishments which are permitted to remain open until 2:30 a. m., in connection with the conduct of their business, such permission as to minor being therein, is not extended between the hours of 2:30 a. m. and 10:00 a.m., or not beyond the legal hours of their closing and opening.

   The provisions of this section apply to pool and billiard rooms, operated solely as such, or in conjunction with such activities as bowling alleys, taverns and other business establishments, except that the last sentence in the paragraph above, as to closing time governs, as to the character of establishment to which it applies. (1967 Code §136.16)

   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.