Editor, California Cardrooms
Rachel Mendoza
Cardroom operations, cash-game spreads, California-rules table mechanics
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Experience
- 11 years on beat
- Works for
- StatesCasinos.com
About Rachel M.
Rachel covers California's licensed card rooms for StatesCasinos. Her research draws on California Bureau of Gambling Control filings, county-level Gambling Establishment registrations, and direct verification with venue managers. She focuses on cash-game spreads, tournament schedules, and California-rules table mechanics across the state's roughly 80 licensed cardrooms.
Areas of expertise
- Cardroom Rules
- Poker Room
- Table Games
- California Gaming Law
Credentials & receipts
- Tracks the California Bureau of Gambling Control public-meeting agenda monthly
- Audited cash-game conditions at 78 of California's ~80 licensed cardrooms
- Former floor supervisor, Commerce Casino (2014–2017)
- Quoted in Card Player and Poker News on California cardroom regulation
How Rachel M. works
All editorial content published under this byline is fact-checked against primary sources — state gaming-commission filings, NIGC notices, statute text, and direct operator confirmation — before publication. StatesCasinos does not accept payment for listing placement or coverage. Read our full editorial methodology or affiliate disclosure.