Lubbock, TX Gambling & Gaming: Game Room Regulations (2026)

00 minimum administrative fee for an operator's game room permit, requires operators to notify the city secretary within ten days whenever a machine's location changes, and sets a December 31 annual renewal deadline. 062 must disclose the business name and address, the identity, date of birth, current address and government-issued ID of the applicant and everyone meeting the chapter's broad "applicant" definition (owners with a 10% or greater interest, officers, directors, franchisees), the local agent and manager if the applicant is not a Lubbock resident, every felony and misdemeanor conviction or deferred adjudication of those individuals, the maximum number of machines at the location, and a landline telephone number; only one permit issues per location and it cannot be transferred.

063 lets police, building inspection, fire, code enforcement and environmental health staff inspect the premises any time it is occupied. 071 bars awarding any cash prize and requires a public, contemporaneous list of prize values. 072 bars obscuring windows into the machine area, locking customers out during business hours, and requires a staffed landline and an available employee roster. 073 flatly prohibits any business exhibiting skill-or-pleasure machines from locating within 300 feet of a school, church, or hospital. 034.