The Communities for California Cardrooms (CCC) is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization that provides a united voice for small businesses.
We advance and protect local jobs and the economy that is provided by card rooms; educate and highlight the public on the benefits and history of card rooms in their communities; and encourage inclusiveness with businesses small and large that share in protecting and growing jobs in California communities.
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Cardrooms file legal challenge to new gaming regulations
March 9, 2026
Less than a month after California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced new regulations for California’s cardrooms, the cardrooms struck back on Monday filing two lawsuits to block their implementation. Both filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, the lawsuits seek to invalidate two regulations that combined would significantly change how cardrooms may offer their most popular and profitable games, which the state’s gaming tribes maintain have always been provided illegally.
Press Release: California Cardrooms File Lawsuits Over Regulations Approved by Attorney General Bonta Threatening Thousands of Jobs, Businesses, and City Services
March 9, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 9, 2026 — The California Gaming Association, with support from the California Cardroom Alliance (CCA) and the Communities for California Cardrooms (CCC), today filed two lawsuits in San Francisco Superior Court challenging new regulations issued by the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Gambling Control, which would eliminate blackjack-style games and significantly restrict player dealer games that have been legally operated in California cardrooms for decades.
What are card rooms? What to know as California tightens restrictions
March 2, 2026
Legal restrictions on card rooms are set to shift in California, but what are card rooms and how are they different from casinos? The state Bureau of Gambling Control has ordered card rooms to explain by May 31 how they’ll comply with new regulations limiting what games can be played.