Section 10-161. Three-card monte prohibited  


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  • a.  Definitions.  For  the
      purposes of this section, "three-card monte" shall mean a game or scheme
      in which the player is to receive money if he or she  correctly  selects
      one of any number of objects, which object was designated by the dealer,
      operator  or  any individual working with said dealer or operator of the
      game or scheme, as the winning object prior to shuffling or  rearranging
      the  position  of  such  objects. "Objects" shall be defined as any item
      capable of being shuffled or rearranged on a surface, including, but not
      limited to, cards, shells or caps.
        b. It shall be unlawful for any person to deal or operate,  or  be  in
      any manner accessory to the dealing or operating, of three-card monte on
      any public street, sidewalk or plaza.
        c.  Any  person  who  violates  subdivision b of this section shall be
      guilty of a misdemeanor.