Sec. 14-110. Coin-operated devices prohibited

No person at any place of business or other place open to the public generally or at any club shall keep, maintain, set up, have, possess, operate or manage, any mechanical or electrical coin-operated device or machine, which is operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token, or similar object, or any mechanical or electrical device or machine which is operated without the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, whether the same be commonly known as a "pinball machine" or "console machine" or any other machine requiring or not requiring the insertion of a coin, token or similar object for its operation, and which, based in whole or in part upon chance or skill, entitles the person playing or operating such device or machine to receive cash, a premium, merchandise or tokens or offers an award other than free plays to the player, or by reason of the obtaining of certain scores or combinations of numbers from the operation thereof there is paid or given to the player any cash, a premium, merchandise, token or award.

No person, at any place of business or other place open to the public generally or at any club, shall have an interest in or be concerned as owner, lessor, lessee, licensor, licensee, principal, agent, collector, clerk or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, in keeping, maintaining, setting up, having, possessing, operating or managing, any mechanical or electrical coin-operated device or machine, which is operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, or any mechanical or electrical device or machine which is operated without the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, whether the same be commonly known as a "pinball machine" or "console machine" or any other machine requiring or not requiring the insertion of a coin, token or similar object for its operation, and which, based in whole or in part upon chance or skill entitles the person playing or operating such device or machine to receive cash, a premium, merchandise or tokens or offers an award other than free plays to the player, or by reason of the obtaining of certain scores or combinations of numbers from the operation thereof there is paid or given to the player any cash, a premium, merchandise, token or award.

No person shall knowingly permit to be kept, maintained, set up, possessed, operated or managed in any place of business or other place open to the public generally or at any club, or in any part of any such place or club, owned or occupied by him, or of which he is a tenant, any mechanical or electrical coin-operated device or machine, which is operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, or any mechanical or electrical device or machine which is operated without the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, whether the same be commonly known as a "pinball machine" or "console machine" or any other machine requiring, or not requiring the insertion of a coin, token or similar object for its operation, and which, based in whole or in part upon chance or skill, entitles the person playing or operating such device or machine to receive cash, a premium, merchandise or tokens or offers an award other than free plays to the player, or by reason of the obtaining of certain scores or combinations of numbers from the operation thereof there is paid or given to the player any cash, premium, merchandise, token or award.

No person, at any place of business or other place open to the public generally or at any club, shall pay or give any cash, a premium, merchandise, token, payoff, or award other than free plays, to a person playing or operating any mechanical or electrical coin-operated device or machine, which is operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, or any mechanical or electrical device or machine which is operated without the insertion of a coin, token or similar object, whether the same be commonly known as a "pinball machine" or "console machine" or any other machine requiring or not requiring the insertion of a coin, token or similar object for its operation, and which payment or gift is, based in whole or in part upon chance or skill, by reason of the obtaining of certain scores or combinations of numbers from the operation of such device or machine.