Gold Rush Gaming Parlor

This casino relocated in 2010

Gold Rush Gaming Parlor at 106 East Main Street in Grass Valley, California was sold and relocated in 2010. The operation moved to Towers Casino at 115 Bank Street, also in Grass Valley, where it continues to operate under a separate California card-room license issued by the California Gambling Control Commission / Bureau of Gambling Control.

The original Gold Rush Gaming Parlor ran as a licensed California casino — a table-games-only floor with no slot machines or electronic gaming. Like every California card room, the games operated on the state’s player-banked model, meaning the house never banked the action. A contracted third-party banker covered settlement on each table. The building at 106 East Main no longer functions as a gaming venue; players looking for table games in Grass Valley should head to the active Towers Casino property instead.

★ Editor note

The same operator, a new address

Gold Rush Gaming Parlor's licensee relocated the entire operation to Towers Casino in 2010. If you remember the old East Main Street card room, Towers Casino at 115 Bank Street is where that table-game action lives now — but the game spread has shifted significantly toward poker. Confirm the current lineup before visiting.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor

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Gold Rush Gaming Parlor

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Gold Rush Gaming Parlor in Grass Valley, California

Games — what was on the floor

Gold Rush Gaming Parlor spread six table game formats — a broader and more interesting mix than many small-market California card rooms at the time. The inclusion of Pineapple and Progressive Texas Hold’em alongside the standards made the room appealing to players who wanted variety beyond the usual blackjack-and-Hold’em lineup.

The floor carried zero slot machines or electronic games — it was a pure table-games operation. No live poker room designation appears in directory tags, though the Omaha Hold’em and Progressive Texas Hold’em formats would have occupied dedicated tables with rotating dealer coverage. For readers unfamiliar with Pineapple: it is a Hold’em derivative where each player receives three hole cards and must discard one after the flop, producing action that skews looser and more aggressive than standard Texas Hold’em. The format developed a following in Northern California card rooms during the 2000s but has become less common since.

There is no hotel, no casino resort, and no valet attached to the East Main Street address in our data — just a bar and self-parking. The property sat squarely in the neighborhood-card-room category: a place to sit down and play cards rather than a destination to spend the weekend.

Location & access

The original Gold Rush Gaming Parlor operated at 106 East Main Street in downtown Grass Valley, a historic Gold Rush-era town in Nevada County about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento via I-80 and Highway 49. The address sits in the Gold Country corridor between Auburn and Nevada City — a region with more history than population density. Grass Valley currently has two casino entries in our directory: the now-closed Gold Rush Gaming Parlor and the active Towers Casino on Bank Street.

Where Grass Valley players can go now