Gaming: Gambling Control Act.

Existing law regulates the collection of player fees in gambling establishments. Existing law prohibits a player fee from being calculated as a fraction or percentage of wagers made or winnings earned. Existing law requires the amount of fees to be charged for all wagers to be determined prior to the start of play of any hand or round, but authorizes a gambling establishment to waive collection of the fee or portion of the fee in any hand or round of play after the hand or round has begun pursuant to the published rules of the game and the notice provided to the public. Existing law also authorizes flat fees on each wager to be assessed at different collection rates, but specifies that no more than 5 collection rates may be established per table. This bill would delete the provisions authorizing a gambling establishment to waive the collection of fees and would also delete the provisions authorizing the assessment of flat fees for each wager. The bill would instead specify that in games that feature a player-dealer position, the player-dealer shall be required to pay a fee to the gambling establishment for each hand or round of play and each player shall be required to pay a fee from his or her own funds to the gambling establishment for each wager made in every hand or round of play. The bill would require all fees to be approved by the department, but would prohibit the department from approving a fee schedule for any player-dealer game unless the fee paid by each player on each wager is not less than 13 of the amount of the fee paid by the player-dealer in each hand or round of play.