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gaming & gambling

Feb 7, 2011

Another day in ‘Paradise’: Surprise card room owner says Department of Gaming approves his club

With slot machines, blackjack tables, alcohol and six poker-style card tables, the set-up at Paradise Cove Social Club in Surprise definitely gives off a casino vibe. The set-up was enough to make at least one state official question exactly what type of operation the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control was considering licensing.

Feb 7, 2011

Shades of Gray: Off-reservation gambling generally prohibited, but card rooms persist

With the opening of two grand, new casino facilities in the Valley of the Sun in the past year-and-a-half and hugely popular televised poker tournaments that create instant millionaires annually, the expansion and popularity of poker can’t be denied.

Feb 7, 2011

A Royal Family: The Tilted Jack card room purveyor looking for strength in co-op

For John Schnaubelt, operating the card room he founded in north Phoenix is merely a small piece of a much larger effort to legitimize poker as a largely skill-based sport. He wants card rooms to be as easy to open as any other entertainment destination.

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