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

04, Article 1, adopted pursuant to the Gambling Control Act, Business and Professions Code § 19800 et seq. 010 makes it unlawful to operate a card room without a City license and requires every card-room employee to hold a work permit. 030, an applicant submits a sworn application with true names, criminal history and fingerprints to the Chief of Police, who investigates and reports to the City Council; the Council must deny any applicant previously convicted of a felony or moral-turpitude misdemeanor, or of force, fraud, embezzlement, theft or controlled-substance offenses.

040 phases in the citywide table cap: nine tables per card room and citywide through June 30, 2026, rising by two tables every four years, capped at nineteen after June 30, 2042. 100 layers on operating rules: no more than one card room per address, no extending credit or accepting IOUs, a ten-player limit per table, a minimum age of twenty-one to enter, mandatory posting of table stakes and house-collection limits, and round-the-clock police inspection access including surveillance footage. Every table must have a permitted supervisor present, and a second permitted supervisor is required once more than two tables operate simultaneously.

citizenship, one year of California residency, fingerprints and a Chief of Police background check; permits can be denied for felony, violence, fraud, embezzlement, theft or drug convictions, and a denied or revoked applicant may appeal to the City Manager within ten days. 100(a)(7), but only games not prohibited by state law are permitted, and California Penal Code § 330m signage must be posted in every room.