Dallas should fold poker houses | Opinion
The exterior of Texas Card House, a poker club, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Dallas. Texas Card House is one of the businesses the city is trying to revoke a license from.When Dallas City Hall first tiptoed toward permitting gambling houses in 2019, we were concerned about where it would end.How people spend their money and their time within the limits of the law is their business.
“As the area known as ‘Midtown’ develops, a private card house might not fit with the future uses and may not be consistent with the [planned development] and its intent,” read a letter from owner EF Properties. Fast forward two years and the city is now trying to shutter three private businesses that operate poker rooms. The city approved the businesses under the theory that — so long as the house wasn’t taking a cut and the games weren’t rigged — they weren’t violating state law prohibiting gambling.
We aren’t surprised. We heard for years that strip clubs are just entertainment. The reality is that they need greater regulation about where and when they operate. The same would likely prove true for gambling houses, and the City Council would have been wise to think about what doors it was opening when it began approving permits for such places.
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