Mission Statement

We take appropriate action to foster honest, competitive gambling in California that is free of criminal and corruptive elements.

We oversee the State's interest in Tribal-State Compacts.

Vision

We promote integrity in California's gambling environment.

What's new

Effective July 1, 2012, the Gambling Control Commission (Commission) and most State government licensing entities will be required to suspend the license of any licensee or refuse to issue a license to any applicant if the applicant or licensee has outstanding tax obligations owed to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) or the State Board of Equalization (BOE) and appears on either the FTB's or BOE's certified lists of the top 500 tax delinquencies over $100,000 (see AB 1424, Perea, Chapter 455, Statutes of 2011). For the Commission's purposes, "license" includes a state gambling license, key employee license, work permit, finding of suitability, and registration.

Once it has been determined that an applicant or a licensee is on a certified list, the applicant or licensee has 90 days from the issuance of a "Preliminary Notice of the Intent to Suspend or Withhold Issuance or Renewal of a License" to either satisfy all outstanding tax obligations or enter into an installment payment program with the FTB or BOE. Any person who fails to come into compliance will have his/her license denied or suspended until the Commission receives a release from the FTB or BOE. The form for requesting a release will be included with the preliminary notice of suspension or denial.

The law prohibits the Commission from refunding any money paid for the issuance or renewal of a license where the license is denied or suspended as required by AB 1424 for failure to pay taxes.

The FTB and BOE are currently expanding the certified lists from 250 to 500, but you can determine if you are currently on the FTB's certified list at: www.ftb.ca.gov/aboutFTB/Delinquent_Taxpayers.shtml or the BOE's certified list at: www.boe.ca.gov/cgi-bin/deliq.cgi. If you believe you are on either list in error, please call the FTB at (866) 418-3702 or the BOE at (916) 445-5167.