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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

10.36.030 DEFINITIONS.

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section govern the construction of Sections 10.36.040 through 10.36.130:

(1) "Anything of value" means money, coin, currency, checks, chip, allowance, token, credit, merchandise, property, script, or anything representative of value, and includes, without limitation, any payment for services or for the use of any premises, cards, chips, furniture or other articles.

Said phrase also means any increase or probable increase in business or patronage resulting directly or indirectly from the playing of any game of cards, or any rent, remuneration or compensation of any nature received by any person, firm, corporation, club, lodge, association or church for the use or occupancy of any premises where the major, primary or customary use of said premises is for gambling;

(2) "Gambling" means the playing of any game not prohibited by the Penal Code of the state, or by any other law of the state, which is played, conducted, dealt, or carried on with cards, dice, dominoes, or other devices for anything of value.