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Paradise Bowl and Casino closed its card room in 2005 after years of legal wrangling.

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From the WSGC: In 1999, Pierce County passed an ordinance to prohibit all commercial social card rooms and to grandfather existing card rooms for three years. At that time, there were two house-banked card rooms in Pierce County. One of the card rooms relocated to Long Beach, Washington. The other card room, Paradise Village Bowl, brought a lawsuit about two years after the ordinance was passed. The case went to trial and the jury awarded damages of $1.5 million to Paradise for wrongful taking. Paradise elected to have the court issue an injunction against enforcement of the ordinance for five years, in lieu of a money judgment. After the jury’s verdict, the trial court found separately that the County was stopped from enforcing the ordinance. In 2004, the Court of Appeals overturned this decision, ruling in favor of the County (Paradise, Inc., D/B/A Paradise Bowling Center and Casino v. Pierce County, 102 P.3d 173, 124 Wash.App. 759 (Div.1, 2004)). The Washington State Supreme Court declined to review the decision. Paradise Village Bowl closed its card room in 2005.

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