Hawaiian Gardens Casino

About Hawaiian Gardens Casino

Hawaiian Gardens Casino is a California-licensed card room at 11871 E Carson Street in Hawaiian Gardens, California, operating since 1997 under Irving Moskowitz. The property runs 115 table games—110 of which are dedicated poker tables—in a 24/7 operation with restaurant, self-parking, and valet on site. Licensed by the California Gambling Control Commission and the Bureau of Gambling Control, the casino operates under the branding The Gardens Casino with its current web presence at thegardenscasino.com.

Hawaiian Gardens is a small incorporated city of roughly 1.5 square miles in Los Angeles County, bordered by Long Beach, Cerritos, and Lakewood. The E Carson Street address provides access from CA-91 and I-605, making it reachable from across the South Bay and the wider Los Angeles basin. By table count, Hawaiian Gardens Casino ranks among the largest licensed card rooms in California.

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Table Games at Hawaiian Gardens Casino

The floor at Hawaiian Gardens Casino spans 115 tables spread across 3 Card Poker, Blackjack, EZ Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Pan, Super Pan 9, and Ultimate Texas Hold’em.

Pan and Super Pan 9 are California-specific card games with minimal availability outside the state. Pan (Panguingue) is a rummy-type game played with eight stripped decks; it has deep roots in Southern California card rooms dating back decades. Super Pan 9 is a nine-value target game played without eights and nines in the shoe, functioning as a card room-legal baccarat cousin. Both formats are uncommon outside the Los Angeles and San Diego county markets.

EZ Baccarat eliminates the commission on winning banker bets by pushing on a banker three-card total of seven (“Dragon 7”), rather than paying even money. It is the dominant baccarat format in California card rooms and runs alongside the standard formats at most large-floor venues.

Poker Room

Hawaiian Gardens Casino operates a 110-table poker room, one of the largest live poker operations in California by reported table count. A room of that size sustains multiple simultaneous cash game stakes and formats around the clock—a meaningful practical advantage for players whose schedules push them toward late-night or early-morning sessions when smaller rooms run short. For players driving from Long Beach, Lakewood, Cerritos, or through the I-605 and CA-91 corridors, the room’s round-the-clock availability and scale translate to consistent game selection.

Current stakes and tournament schedules should be confirmed directly with the property at (562) 860-5887 or via thegardenscasino.com, as California card rooms adjust game spreads based on daily demand.

Promotions & Contact

Hawaiian Gardens Casino maintains an active promotions page at thegardenscasino.com. Current offers vary by period and have historically included bad beat jackpots, high-hand bonuses, and tournament series. Social channels—Facebook (The Gardens Casino), Instagram (@thegardenscasino), and Twitter (@gardenscasino)—carry promotion and event updates.

How Hawaiian Gardens Casino compares locally

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A major poker destination in the South Bay

At 110 poker tables, Hawaiian Gardens Casino carries one of the larger live poker operations in the state. The Pan and Super Pan 9 offerings give the room a distinctly Southern California flavor that few markets outside LA County can match. Visitors should confirm current table spreads and tournament schedules before the drive—at this scale, there's almost always a game running, but the specific formats shift.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor

Location & Access

Hawaiian Gardens Casino is at 11871 E Carson Street in Hawaiian Gardens, California. The property is accessible from CA-91 via the Norwalk Boulevard south exit, or from I-605 at the Carson Street exit. Self-parking and valet are available on site. Hawaiian Gardens is roughly 10 miles east of the Long Beach waterfront and 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

History

Hawaiian Gardens Casino opened in 1997 on E Carson Street, operating under California’s card room licensing framework that allows cities to approve and regulate gaming operations. The city of Hawaiian Gardens—whose name derives from a Hawaiian-themed residential subdivision developed in the 1920s—has hosted the casino for nearly three decades. The property now operates as The Gardens Casino under its current branding. The formerly recorded name “Hawaiian Gardens Casino Hawaiian Gardens” reflects an older combined name-and-city designation used in licensing records before the brand consolidation to The Gardens Casino.