Cashing Out? City Of Dallas Revokes 'Poker Room' Permits Months After Approving Them

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The Texas Card House is a poker room whose owners thought they were operating legally, until the city decided to revoke their permit.

Steven Gribin is among the 400 to 500 people a day who buy chips and play hold ‘em at Texas Card House.The Westlake resident and others at the poker room no longer have to find underground and often illegal places to play poker.

Crow is one of the owners who says he endured long meetings with the city in 2020 before it ultimately approved his permit to operate in this strip mall off Harry Hines in an industrial part of Northwest Dallas.That’s despite the fact the house doesn’t take a cut from each hand, which would be illegal gambling.District 6 City Councilman Omar Narvaez, who represents the neighborhood supports Texas Card House.

 

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Look no further than the Indian owned casino’s for who made a bribe to shut them down. Can’t mess with their profits.

Wouldn’t be shocked if the city attorney was getting money from winstar and Choctaw.

Follow the money to see which tribe, who shouldn’t be alllowed to operate a casino without paying taxes, bribed a crooked Dallas official to pull the permits. You can’t cut into the profits of the reservation.

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