Bakersfield, CA Gambling & Gaming: Card Room Licensing (2026)

010). 020. 030 must supply personal identifying information, including arrest record, for the owner, employees, and anyone with a financial interest, submit the application at least 14 days before opening, and be photographed and fingerprinted by the Bakersfield police department; the city manager issues the permit only if no applicant has been convicted of a substantially related crime or an act of dishonesty or fraud, the premises meet zoning, health, and fire codes, a business tax certificate is on file, no permit was revoked in the past five years, and the citywide cap has not been reached.

040 caps the city to one cardroom permit for every 20,000 residents, issued first-come-first-served (ties broken by drawing), with no more than one cardroom per address and no branch locations. m. The chapter bans named banking and percentage games, faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge-et-noir, twenty-one, stud poker, and similar games played for money or value, outright, alongside minors, intoxicated patrons, alcohol service, credit play, and check cashing. All cardrooms must be open to police inspection at any time, and each table must have a supervising employee who cannot participate in the game. 040(U).