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.[1][2]
A new casino facility opened across the street in July 2009 with 19 gaming tables, a bar and a restaurant called The Grand Cafe.[3] Nine times the California Grand Casino has been voted Best Casino in the San Francisco East Bay, including Best Local Casino for 2024, by readers of the Bay Area News Group which includes the East Bay Times, San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune.[4][5]