“Based on our current understanding, now that we understand it better, we now see and have taken the position that the game of commercial poker does not comply with state law.”īut board of adjustment members in March disagreed with city officials and overturned the revocation of Texas Card House’s certificate of occupancy. “Questions were asked regarding the legality of this particular certificate of occupancy, which caused us to revisit it and that’s what prompted the re-review and revocation,” she said last month. Megan Wimer, an assistant building official in the city’s inspection division, said during the March meeting that “public inquiries” to the city related to the opposition of poker rooms led to her department seeking the city attorney’s office review last summer.
