Gambling & Gaming in Novato, CA (2026)
1 verified gambling & gaming rules for Novato, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Card Room Licensing
In the City of Novato, California, no one can keep or operate a place where a game of hazard or chance is played for anything of value. Section 14-5.5 spares card games only if no one takes anything beyond a player's own winnings, and it presumes publicly open draw poker returned value to the house.
Novato Gambling Places and Card Games
Heavy RestrictionsNovato Municipal Code § 14-5.2
14-5.2 Keeping of Gambling Place. No person, whether as owner, principal, agent, employee, licensee, lessee, mortgagee or otherwise, shall keep, conduct, operate or maintain within this city any house, room, store, apartment, enclosure or place used in whole or in part as a place where any game dependent on hazard or chance is played, whether with cards, dice, balls, cues, mechanical contrivanc...
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