A. It is unlawful for any person to engage in gambling within the city.

B. “Gambling” is defined, for purposes of this section, as risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain, contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device or the happening or outcome of an event, including a sporting event, over which the person taking a risk has no control, but does not include:

1. Bona fide contests of skill, speed, strength or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owner of entries; or

2. Bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts; or

3. Other acts or transactions expressly authorized by laws at or after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives; or

4. Any game, wager or transaction which is incidental to a bona fide social relationship, is participated in by natural persons only, and in which no person is participating, directly or indirectly, in professional gambling as defined in C.R.S. § 18-10-102(8). (Ord. 1988-9 § 2 (part); Ord. 1985-30 § 5 (part): Ord. 1985-13 § 14 (part): prior code § 7-14-8)

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