The California Gambling Control Commission (Commission) has jurisdiction over gambling establishments (cardrooms), Tribal casinos, and charitable organizations that offer remote caller bingo pursuant to its authority under state law and Tribal-State Gaming Compacts (Compacts).

There are 90 licensed cardrooms in California over which the Commission has regulatory authority. This authority extends to the operations, concentration, and supervision of the cardrooms and all persons and things related to each licensed establishment.

The Commission has fiduciary, regulatory, and administrative responsibilities related to Tribal Gaming that include: (1) oversight of Class III gaming operations, which are primarily casino-type games, (2) distribution of Tribal Gaming revenues to various state funds and to authorized, federally-recognized, non-Compact Tribes, (3) monitoring of Tribal Gaming through periodic background checks of Tribal key employees, vendors, and financial sources, (4) validation of gaming operation standards through testing, auditing, and review, and (5) fiscal auditing of Tribal payments to the state pursuant to Compact provisions.

The Commission has fiduciary, regulatory, and administrative responsibilities related to remote caller bingo that include: (1) regulation of the licensure and operation of remote caller bingo, (2) validation of gaming operations standards through testing, auditing, and review, and (3) fiscal auditing of the organizations and vendors of equipment that conduct remote caller bingo.