Submitted by Sue Frost, and contributors– — Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Bureau of Gambling Controlfinalized cardroom regulations this month that will impose unnecessary burdens and destabilize responsible cardrooms, jeopardize local jobs, reduce city revenues, and ultimately harm the very communities these policies claim to protect throughout California.
Without legal intervention, Stones Gambling Hall, a Citrus Heights anchor business, and cardrooms throughout the state will be directly impacted starting on April 1, 2026.
On March 9, California cardrooms filed lawsuits against the regulations to prevent their implementation, and the legal process will now play out in the courts…