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Gambling & Gaming in San Antonio, TX (2026)

1 verified gambling & gaming rules for San Antonio, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Game Room Regulations

San Antonio taxes and decals every skill, pleasure, or music coin-operated machine, the category covering eight-liner and game-room devices, at up to a quarter of the state occupation tax per machine. Machines without a valid decal are unlawful to possess or exhibit and can be sealed shut.

San Antonio Coin-Operated Amusement Machine Tax

Some Restrictions

San Antonio Code of Ordinances Sec. 31-40, Sec. 31-41, Sec. 31-46

Sec. 31-40. Every owner or operator who owns, controls, possesses, exhibits, displays, or who permits to be exhibited or displayed in this city any coin operated machine which are not exempt from payment by section 31-42 of this Code, shall pay the appropriate annual taxes as provided in section 31-43. Sec. 31-41. The terms "owner," "operator," "coin-operated machine," "music coin-operated mach...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement San Antonio city rules.

Gambling & Gaming in Bexar County