Bad news for previously legal Dallas poker rooms. Civil District Court Judge Eric Moye last week ruled that the city was within its rights to revoke a certificate of occupancy for the Texas Card House, reversing a decision by the Board of Adjustment that allowed the poker room to legally operate. The Texas Card House plans to appeal, and a spokesman says it will be allowed to continue operating through the process.
This was a winding path through a gray area: Texas Card House gets around the state’s gambling ban by not taking any rake of the pot. Texas law has a carve-out for gambling so long as three things happen.
