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California Grand Casino
The California Grand Casino is a cardroom located in Pacheco, California. The original hotel and card room was a Pony Express stop in 1860. According to ''Card Player'' magazine, the California Grand Casino is the oldest continuously operating poker room in the world, with poker games since 1854.Cardplayer Magazine, August 31, 2001, Vol. 14, No. 18, p. 50. A new casino facility opened across the street in July 2009 with 19 gaming tables, a bar and a restaurant called The Grand Cafe. For seven years in a row, the California Grand Casino was voted Best Casino in the San Francisco East Bay by the Bay Area News Group, which includes the Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune. History The casino started in 1854 when the Woodford Hotel and Saloon opened its doors on what is now Pacheco Boulevard and offered alcohol, prostitution, and gambling. The hotel became a stagecoach and Wells Fargo Pony Express Stop in 1860. The original building bears a historical ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardroom
A cardroom or card room is a gaming establishment that exclusively offers card games for play by the public. The term poker room is used to describe a dedicated room in casinos that is dedicated to playing poker and in function is similar to a card room. Such rooms typically do not offer slot machines or video poker, or other table games such as craps or roulette as found in casinos. However, a casino will often use the term "cardroom" or "poker room" (usually the latter) to refer to a separate room that offers card games where players typically compete against each other, instead of against "the house". Overview In the United States, stand-alone cardrooms are typically the result of local or state laws and regulations, which often prohibit full-fledged casino gambling. This was typically the case in California until the advent of casino gambling offered by Native American tribes in the 1990s, though card rooms continue to flourish and even expand there. Since games played in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
