a. Every person who shall deal, carry on or open or cause to be opened, or operate, or who shall conduct, either as owner, manager, agent, dealer, clerk or employee, whether for hire or not, any game of faro, monte, roulette, lasquenet, rouge-et-noir, rondo, vingt-et-un, twenty-one, poker, stud-poker, draw-poker, bluff, fantan, thaw, seven and one-half, chuck-a-luck, blackjack, panginki, craps, or any similar game whatsoever or any banking or percentage game, played with device intended to be used for gambling purposes, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

b. Every person having the management or control, either temporary or permanent, of any house, building or resort, who shall permit any of the games enumerated in this section, or any games similar thereto, to be played in such house, building or resort, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1962, § 27-32)