Gambling & Gaming in Newport Beach, CA (2026)
1 verified gambling & gaming rules for Newport Beach, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Card Room Licensing
Newport Beach bans card rooms outright: Municipal Code Section 10.16.020 makes it unlawful to let any building or room in the City be used as a place for playing cards, dice or billiards for money, and Section 10.16.030 separately bans operating such a gambling place.
Newport Beach Card Room Prohibition
Heavy RestrictionsNewport Beach, CA, Municipal Code § 10.16.020
§ 10.16.020. Use of Premises for Gambling. No person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, shall knowingly permit any building, house, apartment, room or place owned or rented by him or under his charge or control in the City, to be used in whole or in part as a gambling house or place for playing, conducting, dealing or carrying on any game not mentioned in California Penal Code ...
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