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California Gambling Laws
More Information on Gambling Laws
| Code Section | Penal code 330 et seq.; Bus and Prof Code 19400 et seq., Gov't Code 98001 et seq. |
| Gambling | Dealing, playing, or conducting, games of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, rondo, tan, fantan, seven-and-a-half, twenty-one, hokey pokey, or any banking or percentage game played with cards or dice. |
| Horse Racing/Off-Track Betting | Horse and harness racing permitted, pari-mutuel betting only. Off-track betting prohibited. |
| Dog Racing/Off-Track Betting | Not specified. |
| Casinos Allowed? | Indian reservation casinos allowed, otherwise prohibited. Slot machines banned. |
| Other Kinds of Gambling-Related Activities Allowed or Banned | "Razzle dazzle," card, dice games prohibited if played for money, credit, check, or anything of value. Draw poker banned only in counties of 4 million or more people. Illegal to possess any dice with more than 6 faces. |
Note: State laws are constantly changing -- contact an attorney or conduct your own legal research to verify the state law(s) you are researching.
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