§ 14-293. Allowing gambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty.
§ 14‑293. Allowinggambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty.
Except as provided in Chapter18C of the General Statutes, if any keeper of an ordinary or other house ofentertainment, or of a house wherein alcoholic beverages are retailed, shall knowinglysuffer any game, at which money or property, or anything of value, is bet,whether the same be in stake or not, to be played in any such house, or in anypart of the premises occupied therewith; or shall furnish persons so playing orbetting either on said premises or elsewhere with drink or other thing fortheir comfort or subsistence during the time of play, he shall be guilty of aClass 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall be convicted under this sectionshall, upon such conviction, forfeit his license to do any of the businessesmentioned in this section, and shall be forever debarred from doing any of suchbusinesses in this State. The court shall embody in its judgment that suchperson has forfeited his license, and no board of county commissioners, boardof town commissioners or board of aldermen shall thereafter have power orauthority to grant to such convicted person or his agent a license to do any ofthe businesses mentioned herein. (1799, c. 526, P.R.; 1801, c. 581, P.R.; 1831, c. 26;R.C., c. 34, s. 76; Code, s. 1043; 1901, c. 753; Rev., s. 3716; C.S., 4431;1967, c. 101, s. 1; 1981, c. 412, s. 4(4); c. 747, s. 66; 1993, c. 539, s. 205;1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005‑344, s. 3(f).)