§ 5-2-10. Licensing of billiard, bagatelle, pool, scippio tables and game rooms.
(a) No person shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table,
or any table of a similar character, in any saloon, shop, or place of business within
this state, or own or keep any billiard, bagatelle, pool, or scippio table, or any
table of a similar character, for public use or profit within this state, or operate
a pinball or game room without a license from the city or town council of the city
or town where the table is kept or used, first had and obtained. The city or town
council may grant or refuse to grant licenses for these tables,
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§ 5-2-10. Licensing of billiard, bagatelle, pool, scippio tables and game rooms.
(a) No person shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table,
or any table of a similar character, in any saloon, shop, or place of business within
this state, or own or keep any billiard, bagatelle, pool, or scippio table, or any
table of a similar character, for public use or profit within this state, or operate
a pinball or game room without a license from the city or town council of the city
or town where the table is kept or used, first had and obtained. The city or town
council may grant or refuse to grant licenses for these tables, and the licenses granted
continue for a term not exceeding one year.
(b) The term "pinball or game room,� as used in this section, means any public place,
building, or room where three (3) or more gaming devices, machines, or apparatuses
are kept for the use and entertainment of the public; or any place where the purpose
of the business is to maintain three (3) or more machines, which, upon the insertion
of a coin, slug, token, plate, or disc, may be operated by the public generally for
use as a game or amusement whether or not registering a score and whether its operation
demands skill or chance or both. The definition of game room is limited to those places
that derive their principal source of income from those machines. Each city or town
council may by ordinance prescribe any rules and regulations and may by ordinance
determine the number of licenses to be issued that they deem necessary for the operation
of pinball or game rooms; provided, that no game room located within one thousand
feet (1,000′) of any elementary and/or secondary school in the city of Providence
may open before four o'clock (4:00) p.m. on any school day.
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