For the purpose of this chapter, a “cardroom” is any space, room, or enclosure furnished or equipped with a table used or intended to be used as a card table for the playing of cards and similar games, the use of which is available to the public or any portion of the public.
(Ord. 2690 § 1, 1993)
It is unlawful for any person, for himself, or for any other person to engage in, carry on, maintain or to conduct any cardroom in the City of Roseville.
(Ord. 2690 § 1, 1993)
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, cardrooms existing on January 1, 1993 may remain in existence for five years from the date of adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
(Ord. 2690 § 1, 1993)
Any cardroom in existence on January 1, 1993 shall comply with the following regulations:
A. 
Cardroom permits shall not be sold, transferred, inherited or otherwise given to any person or organization.
B. 
There shall be no more than two tables in any cardroom, with a table consisting of a dealer and a maximum of seven players.
C. 
All card games are prohibited with the exception of (1) five card draw, lo-ball poker and (2) Panquinque (“Pan”). (Pan is a variation of Corquian, a game of Mexican origin which was a predecessor to the game of rummy. The game is played with six to 12 decks of cards which have had tens, nines, eights, and jokers removed. Each player is dealt 10 cards, and the purpose of the game is to meld sets and sequences of cards with certain cards having special values. Each player, in turn, draws either a card from the top of the remaining deck or from the top of an adjacent discard pile. This sequence of play continues until one player goes out with a total meld of 11 cards, including the card just drawn.)
D. 
A player may bet only the chips the player has at the beginning of a hand. After the dealing begins, a player is not permitted to purchase additional chips.
(Ord. 2690 § 1, 1993)
The city council of the city declares that it is not the intention of this chapter to permit the playing of any game prohibited by the laws of the State of California, including, but not limited to, those games enumerated in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California, which section includes banking and percentage games.
(Ord. 2690 § 1, 1993)