Gambling & Gaming in Watsonville, CA (2026)
1 verified gambling & gaming rules for Watsonville, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Card Room Licensing
In the City of Watsonville, California, nobody can run a card room without a license from the Watsonville Police Department. The code caps any one card room at five tables, caps the whole city at twenty tables, shuts card rooms from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., and limits an aggregate bet to $200 in the same hand.
Watsonville Card Room Licensing, Table Caps and Betting Limits
Significant RestrictionsWatsonville Municipal Code §§ 5-6.01, 5-6.03, 5-6.05, 5-6.07, 5-6.08, 5-6.10
It shall be unlawful for any person, for himself or for any other person, to engage in, carry on, maintain, or conduct, or cause to be engaged in, carried on, maintained or conducted, any card room in the City without first having paid the fee and obtaining a license to do so from the Watsonville Police Department. ... It shall be unlawful for any card room operator to permit more than five (5)...
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