State v. Manolis

The statute relating to gambling contains, among others, the following provision: (Rem. Comp. Stat., § 2469) [P. C. §8926].

“Every person who shall open, conduct, carry on or operate, whether as owner, manager, agent, dealer, clerk, or employee, and whether for hire or not, any gambling game or game of chance, played with cards, dice, or any other device, or any scheme or device whereby any money of property or any representative of either, may he bet, wagered or hazarded upon any chance, or any uncertain or contingent event, shall he a common gambler, and shall he punished by imprison*598ment in…