Gambling & Gaming in Santa Ana, CA (2026)
1 verified gambling & gaming rules for Santa Ana, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Card Room Licensing
Santa Ana outlaws running any house, room, apartment or place used as a gambling house, or where cards, dice or similar devices are used to play for merchandise, property or anything of value. The only carve-out is for games covered by Penal Code Section 330, the state's authorized-gambling exemption, so there's no local licensing path for a private card room.
Santa Ana Ban on Gambling Houses
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Ana, CA, Municipal Code § 10-54
No person shall conduct within the city any house, room, apartment or place used in whole or in part as a gambling house or place where any game is played, dealt or carried on with cards, dice or other device for merchandise, property or anything of value; provided, however, nothing in this section shall apply to the games played for money, checks, chips, credit or any other representative of m...
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