The Vineyard cardroom in Fowler, Ca (great chips) has been sold by the city to a small church and is being converted.....There are a total of 107 federally recognized tribes and bands in California, each of which is theoretically able to negotiate a gambling compact with the state and build a casino. I believe we are approaching the saturation point already, and in California, as in Oregon, even the established casinos are trying to edge nearer the large population centers. I guess the nearest casino wins....Arcane fact concerning San Francisco cardrooms: The probability is that they were for the entirety of the 20th century meant to be social clubs, not card clubs. The Menlo Club in San Francisco was shut down because they did not add a gymnasium to their establishment. A gym? Yep, that was in their prospectus, filed in order to get their license.