Redding, CA Gambling & Gaming: Card Room Licensing (2026)
Key Facts
- License authority
- City council issues card room license
- Citywide table cap
- 25 gambling tables total
- Per-establishment cap
- 20 tables maximum
- Application review
- Police chief reports within 45 days
- Location rule
- Only in council-approved zones, § 6.14.027
- License stability
- Void on ownership/location change, § 6.14.050(B)
Summary
Redding allows card rooms only under a city council-issued license and caps how many gambling tables can run in town. Municipal Code Section 6.14.029 limits the city to twenty-five gambling tables citywide, with no single card room permitted more than twenty, and Section 6.14.030 makes operating a card room without a license unlawful.
6.14.029 - Limitation on authorized tables. No more than twenty-five gambling tables shall be allowed to operate in this jurisdiction, and no more than twenty gambling tables shall be allowed to operate in any gambling establishment. ... 6.14.030 - Card room license required. No person shall establish, operate, manage, or maintain any card room nor permit, or allow any card room to be established, operated, managed, or maintained within any building or structure, or any portion thereof, owned, occupied, or controlled by him or her unless such card room is maintained and operated pursuant to a valid, unexpired, unsuspended, and unrevoked card room license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48).
Full Breakdown
030). 029 caps the total number of gambling tables allowed to operate anywhere in the city at twenty-five, and no single gambling establishment can run more than twenty tables. 050(A)). 027). 050(B)).
Violations & Fines
Operating a card room without a valid, unexpired license issued under Section 6.14.030 is unlawful. The chief of police investigates applicants and existing operators for compliance and can recommend conditions, restrictions, or denial to the city council based on whether the card room aggravates crime or threatens public peace, health, or safety in the area (§ 6.14.050(A)). A card room license is void the moment ownership, financial interests, or the location change without a new application on file.
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Sources & Official References
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