Gambling & Gaming in Salinas, CA (2026)
1 verified gambling & gaming rules for Salinas, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Card Room Licensing
Salinas caps the city at one card room with eleven tables total, and operators need both a state Gambling Control Act license and a police department permit. Card rooms cannot open within six hundred feet of a school, church, hospital, or playground, and the chief of police can revoke a permit immediately for cause.
Salinas Card Room Permit and Limits
Significant RestrictionsSalinas, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 5-05.01 (Permit Required); Sec. 5-05.16 (Number of Card Room Permits and Tables Limited)
No person shall engage in, carry on, maintain, or conduct, or cause to be engaged in, carried on, maintained, or conducted any card room in the City of Salinas without first having obtained each of the following:(a)A valid license from the attorney general of the State of California as required by "The Gambling Control Act," Business and Professions Code Section 19800 et seq.(b)A permit from th...
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