California Poker Rooms & Casinos
Live poker is legal and regulated in California. The state has some of the largest poker rooms in the country with 74 card rooms or casinos offering poker cash-games and tournaments. Many of the state’s tribal casinos have card rooms – giving Californians even more options to play poker.
Despite the state not having a regulated and legal online poker industry, live poker is blooming in the state.
Poker Fact: California actually has more card rooms than Nevada!
| Poker Tables | Casino Name | City | State | Owner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | Commerce Casino | Commerce | California | California Commerce Club, Inc. |
| 130 | Bicycle Casino | Bell Gardens | California | |
| 110 | The Gardens Casino | Hawaiian Gardens | California | |
| 54 | Pechanga Resort Casino | Temecula | California | Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians |
| 50 | Larry Flynt's Hustler Casino | Gardena | California | El Dorado Enterprises, Inc |
| 38 | Ocean's Eleven Casino | Oceanside | California | |
| 30 | Bay 101 Casino | San Jose | California | Bumb & Associates |
| 29 | Lucky Chances Casino | Colma | California | The Lucky Group |
| 27 | Thunder Valley Casino Resort | Lincoln | California | United Auburn Indian Community |
| 25 | Golden West Casino | Bakersfield | California | |
| 25 | Oaks Card Club | Emeryville | California | |
| 24 | Larry Flynts Lucky Lady Casino | Gardena | California | |
| 20 | Graton Resort & Casino | Rohnert Park | California | Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria |
| 20 | Agua Caliente Casino Resort | Rancho Mirage | California | Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians |
| 19 | Sycuan Casino & Golf Resort | El Cajon | California | Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation |
| 18 | 500 Club Casino | Clovis | California | Louis Sarantos |
| 17 | Sycuan Casino Resort | El Cajon | California | Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation |
| 17 | Artichoke Joe's Casino | San Bruno | California | Dennis Sammut |
| 17 | Stone's Gambling Hall | Citrus Heights | California | |
| 17 | Stones Gambling Hall | Citrus Heights | California | |
| 16 | Lake Elsinore Casino | Lake Elsinore | California | |
| 15 | Barona Resort and Casino | Lakeside | California | Barona Band of Mission Indians |
| 15 | Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort | Jackson | California | Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians |
| 14 | Cache Creek Casino Resort | Brooks | California | Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation |
| 14 | Chumash Casino Resort | Santa Ynez | California | Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians |
| 14 | Casino M8trix | San Jose | California | |
| 14 | Casino Club | Redding | California | |
| 14 | California Grand Casino | Pacheco | California | Lamar Wilkinson |
| 13 | Morongo Casino Resort & Spa | Cabazon | California | Morongo Band of Mission Indians |
| 13 | Diamond Jim's Casino | Rosamond | California | |
| 12 | Sky River Casino | Elk Grove | California | Wilton Rancheria |
| 12 | Harrah’s Resort Southern California | Valley Center | California | Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians |
| 11 | Capitol Casino | Sacramento | California | |
| 10 | Table Mountain Casino | Friant | California | Table Mountain Rancheria |
| 10 | Jamul Casino | Jamul Indian Village | California | Jamul Indian Village |
| 10 | Quechan Casino and Resort | Winterhaven | California | Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe |
| 9 | Seven Mile Casino | Chula Vista | California | Stones South Bay Corp. |
| 8 | Pala Casino Spa Resort | Pala | California | Pala Band of Mission Indians |
| 8 | Win-River Resort and Casino | Redding | California | |
| 8 | The Palace | Hayward | California | The Palace Poker Casino, LLC |
| 7 | Red Hawk Casino | Placerville | California | Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians |
| 7 | Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino | Lemoore | California | Tachi Yokut Tribe |
| 7 | Napa Valley Casino | American Canyon | California | Brian I Altizer, Von V Altizer |
| 7 | Turlock Poker Room | Turlock | California | |
| 6 | Elk Valley Casino | Crescent City | California | Elk Valley Rancheria Indians |
| 6 | Casino Real | Manteca | California | |
| 6 | Mike's Card Casino | Oakdale | California | Michael A. Whiteley, Jr. |
| 6 | Parkwest Casino Lodi | Lodi | California | Fortiss LLC |
| 5 | Blue Lake Casino & Hotel | Blue Lake | California | Blue Lake Rancheria |
| 5 | Casino 99 Chico | Chico | California | |
| 5 | Garlic City Casino | Gilroy | California | |
| 5 | Parkwest Casino Lotus | Sacramento | California | John H Park |
| 5 | Livermore Casino Card Room | Livermore | California | |
| 5 | Bankers Casino | Salinas | California | |
| 5 | Paso Robles Casino | Paso Robles | California | |
| 5 | Nineteenth Hole Casino | Antioch | California | |
| 5 | Towers Casino and Card Room | Grass Valley | California | Jamey and John Robinson |
| 4 | Lucky 7 Casino & Hotel | Smith River | California | Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation |
| 4 | Outlaw Card Parlour | Atascadero | California | |
| 4 | FLB Entertainment Center | Folsom | California | |
| 4 | Rogelio's Dine & Sleep Inn Casino | Isleton | California | |
| 4 | Pete’s 881 Club | San Rafael | California | |
| 3 | Colusa Casino Resort | Colusa | California | Cachil Dehe Band of Wintuns |
| 3 | Eagle Mountain Casino | Porterville | California | Tule River Tribe of Yokuts |
| 3 | Limelight Cardroom | Sacramento | California | |
| 3 | Casino Monterey - The Marina Club | Marina | California | Marina Club Casino LLC |
| 3 | Marysville Casino | Marysville | California | |
| 3 | Empire Sportsmen's Association | Modesto | California | |
| 2 | San Pablo Lytton Casino | San Pablo | California | Lytton Band of Pomo Indians |
| 2 | Tortoise Rock Casino | Twentynine Palms | California | 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians |
| 2 | Wanaaha Casino | Bishop | California | Bishop Paiute Tribe |
| 2 | Crystal Casino & Hotel | Compton | California | |
| 2 | Sundowner Card Room | Visalia | California | |
| 1 | Old Cayucos Tavern & Card Room | Cayucos | California |
California Online Poker
If you are looking for an online poker site to play Texas Hold’em and other poker games in California, options are currently quite limited.
California has had several legal bills introduced over the years to foster a regulated online poker market, with no effect thus far.
Efforts to legalize online poker in California began well before New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan & other states brought legal online poker to U.S citizens.
The absence of a regulated online poker industry in the statemeans that for now the only legal online poker options available to California players are social and sweepstakes poker sites.
California Gambling Resources
- California Bureau of Gambling Control – The California Bureau of Gambling Control (part of the California Department of Justice) is a regulatory agency responsible for legal gambling activities in California – to ensure that gambling is conducted honestly, competitively, and free from criminal and corruptive elements.