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July 27, 2012: City of San Jose to Approve Ballot Measure: Agenda Item to approve card club ballot measure for an additional 100 tables.
June 10, 2011: Sacramento Card Room Expansion-Goes Beyond City Limits: The City of Sacramento appears to be the testing ground for the expansion of its card room activity. Two clubs are proposing a “new business model” significantly expanding the scope of gambling in one location. Additionally, a new state regulation creates an opportunity to increase the number of card rooms in the city limits. These proposals generate an imbalance between the various vested gambling interests and the state’s current gambling policy that go far beyond the city limits of Sacramento.
June 2011: Intent to Reactive Log: June 2011: 11 of the 48 card rooms have submitted letters requesting reactivation.
May 2011: Old Tavern Card Room - Sacramento
May 2011: CASINO ROYALE Proposed Expansion: The Casino Royale is proposing that a second card club be allowed to open contiguous to their present establishment separated only by a restaurant. The City Ordinance is currently under review and potential amendments are being consider to allow for this venture of combining two licenses to make a mega card club.
March 3, 2011: Federal Indictment Rackateering
Dec. 12, 2010: 12348 APPROVED_REGULATIONS: Regulation to resurect dormant licenses
July 2010: Banking Games in California - The Last Gold Rush: by Bill Zender Casino Enterprise Management
May 6, 2010:San Jose Planning Commission Memo: Approval to move location of card club
April 2010: Office of the City Auditor: Report to the City Council City of San Jose: AUDIT OF THE CITY’S LICENSING AND PERMITTING OF CARDROOM OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES Findings and Recomendations, appear to result in the loosening of the backgrounding of card room owners and key employee positions.
April 9, 2010: ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO "AUDIT OF THE CITY'S: ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO "AUDIT OF THE CITY'S Cardroom regulatory oversight function. It would appear that there is a loosening of regulatory oversight by the City. The Card Room ballot measure would raise the cardroom tax rate on gross revenues from 13% to 15%, allow each cardroom to seek City approval to increase the number of tables from 40 to 49, remove the limit on the number of permissible card games by permitting any card game allowed under State law consistent with city regulations and increase the current $200 betting limit to that allowed under State law. Further, the City Manager cites recent cooperative spirit that the Administration and cardrooms worked under to address some workplan items and advance a successful Cardroom Ballot Measure. EXPANSION = revenue to the City
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Navigation Home About Us Reports Links Gaming Law Court Rulings Legislation Tribal Gaming Off Reservation Gaming Gambling Industry Card Clubs Card Club Expansion May 2011: CASINO ROYALE Proposed Expansion Poker Articles Horseracing State Lottery Charity Gaming Internet Gambling News Local Government	Document Actions Card Club Expansion Up one level July 27, 2012: City of San Jose to Approve Ballot Measure Agenda Item to approve card club ballot measure for an additional 100 tables. June 10, 2011: Sacramento Card Room Expansion-Goes Beyond City Limits The City of Sacramento appears to be the testing ground for the expansion of its card room activity. Two clubs are proposing a “new business model” significantly expanding the scope of gambling in one location. Additionally, a new state regulation creates an opportunity to increase the number of card rooms in the city limits. These proposals generate an imbalance between the various vested gambling interests and the state’s current gambling policy that go far beyond the city limits of Sacramento. June 2011: Intent to Reactive Log June 2011: 11 of the 48 card rooms have submitted letters requesting reactivation. May 2011: Old Tavern Card Room - Sacramento May 2011: CASINO ROYALE Proposed Expansion The Casino Royale is proposing that a second card club be allowed to open contiguous to their present establishment separated only by a restaurant. The City Ordinance is currently under review and potential amendments are being consider to allow for this venture of combining two licenses to make a mega card club. March 3, 2011: Federal Indictment Rackateering Dec. 12, 2010: 12348 APPROVED_REGULATIONS Regulation to resurect dormant licenses July 2010: Banking Games in California - The Last Gold Rush by Bill Zender Casino Enterprise Management May 6, 2010:San Jose Planning Commission Memo Approval to move location of card club April 2010: Office of the City Auditor Report to the City Council City of San Jose: AUDIT OF THE CITY’S LICENSING AND PERMITTING OF CARDROOM OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES Findings and Recomendations, appear to result in the loosening of the backgrounding of card room owners and key employee positions. April 9, 2010: ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO "AUDIT OF THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO "AUDIT OF THE CITY'S Cardroom regulatory oversight function. It would appear that there is a loosening of regulatory oversight by the City. The Card Room ballot measure would raise the cardroom tax rate on gross revenues from 13% to 15%, allow each cardroom to seek City approval to increase the number of tables from 40 to 49, remove the limit on the number of permissible card games by permitting any card game allowed under State law consistent with city regulations and increase the current $200 betting limit to that allowed under State law. Further, the City Manager cites recent cooperative spirit that the Administration and cardrooms worked under to address some workplan items and advance a successful Cardroom Ballot Measure. EXPANSION = revenue to the City New Game - EZ Bacarrat Game Rules - is this a banking game?
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