Gambling & Gaming in Contra Costa County, CA (2026)
1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Contra Costa County, California.
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Card Room Licensing
Unincorporated Contra Costa County allows licensed cardrooms but caps the total number countywide by population, one license for roughly every 20,000 unincorporated residents, and limits each cardroom to nineteen tables. Games are restricted to poker variants the sheriff pre-approves, licensees pay the county 13.5% of monthly gross cardroom revenue, and the sheriff can revoke or suspend a license for violations.
Contra Costa County Cardroom Licensing Rules
Significant RestrictionsContra Costa County Ordinance Code §§ 52-3.117, 52-3.509(c), 52-3.320(a)(1)
The number of cardroom licenses shall not exceed the number by which the population of the unincorporated area of the county (as determined by the board) is divisible by twenty thousand; but no valid license shall be invalidated by a decrease in that ratio. ... (c)Tables. No cardroom shall have more than nineteen tables. ... Each licensee, licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, sh...
Gambling & Gaming by City in Contra Costa County
3 cities in Contra Costa County have their own gambling & gaming rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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