Chapter 10.40
GAMBLING³

Sections:

10.40.010    Prohibited.

10.40.020    State games of chance permit.

10.40.030    Places where gambling or unlicensed liquor traffic conducted as nuisances.

10.40.040    Seizure and destruction of gambling devices.

10.40.010 Prohibited.

A person who deals, plays, carries on, opens or causes to be open, or who conducts, either as owner, proprietor or employee, whether for hire or not, a game or faro, monte, roulette, rouge-et-noir, lansquenet, rondo, vingt-un, twenty-one, poker, draw poker, brag, bluff, thaw, craps, or a banking or other game played with cards, dice, or other device, whether played for any prize, money, checks, chips, credit representing money, or other representative of value, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 73-59 § 3 (part), 1973.)

10.40.020 State games of chance permit.

A.    It shall not be considered a violation of Section 10.40.010 when a permit is obtained by a municipality or qualified organization, as defined in AS 5.15.210(28), from the state, pursuant to state law for the purpose of conducting bingo, raffles, lotteries, ice classics, dog mushers contest, fish derbies or lawful contests of skill or chance and such games are operated by that municipality or qualified organization.

B.    Operators, as defined by AS 5.15.210(24), are prohibited from conducting activities under this chapter within the city and borough of Sitka.

(Ord. 89-872 § 4, 1989.)

10.40.030 Places where gambling or unlicensed liquor traffic conducted as nuisances.

A place where gaming or gambling is carried on or where a banking or other game is played with cards, dice, or other device, whether played for any prize, money, checks, chips, credit representing money, or other representative of value, or where unlicensed manufacture, sale, or drinking of intoxicating liquor is allowed or where persons are permitted to resort for the purpose of gaming or gambling, and all implements or property used and kept in maintaining such places are declared to be common nuisances. A person who maintains, aids or abets or is associated in maintaining such a place is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 73-59 § 3 (part), 1973.)

10.40.040 Seizure and destruction of gambling devices.

A police officer designated by the chief of police shall seize and shall destroy a gambling implement provided no appeal has been filed within fifteen days of the seizure. (Ord. 73-59 § 3 (part), 1973.)