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“The crime that we’re seeing, the guns, the stabbing, it always for the most part, 95% of the time is traced back to either illegal gambling or drug activity,” - Former HPD Chief Susan Ballard.¹

Be alerted when the bills are scheduled for a hearing:

2025 SOLUTIONS

  • Last year, a task force composed of key public safety and community leaders submitted their recommendations to Honolulu's illegal game rooms problem. Their report can be found here.

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  • Bill 11 would require the registration of gaming machines. This would help HPD immediately seize any gaming machines that lack the required registration tags.
     

  • Bill 12 would require the Dept. of Planning and Permitting to work with HPD to ensure code enforcement for gambling-related public nuisances.
     

  • Bill 13 would allow a landlord to request HPD's assistance in acting as the landlord's agent to inspect a property suspected of being an illegal game room, helping with the eviction of an illegal game room tenant.

 

  • Resolution 25-041 urges the State Legislature to adopt legislation to enhance nuisance abatement law penalties to address illegal gambling.
     

  • Resolution 25-042 urges the City administration to provide for unlawful gambling room prevention and reporting programs.​

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