Gambling & Gaming in San Marcos, CA (2026)
1 verified gambling & gaming rules for San Marcos, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Card Room Licensing
San Marcos has never adopted the authorizing ordinance California cities need to license card rooms, and its own code flatly bans them: Municipal Code Section 10.16.010 makes it unlawful to run, visit, or resort to a barricaded gambling room, and companion sections ban letting premises for gambling or conducting a gambling house.
San Marcos Card Room and Gambling House Ban
Heavy RestrictionsSan Marcos Municipal Code § 10.16.010
It is unlawful for any person within the City to exhibit or expose to view in any barred or barricaded house or room or in any place built or protected in a manner to make it difficult to access or ingress to police officers, when three or more persons are present, any cards, dice, dominoes, fan-tan table or layout, or any part of such layout, or any gambling implements whatsoever; or for any p...
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