A Dallas poker room can stay open after the Texas Supreme Court declined to review the city’s appeal Friday — potentially ending the city’s pricey , years-long legal battle against itself.

The city’s head of building inspections gave Texas Card House, a poker room in northeast Dallas, a permit to operate in 2020. Then the building official changed course, alleging the business was running an illegal gambling operation and the city granted the permit in error.

Gambling is generally illegal in Texas unless it happens in a private place, no one receives any economic benefit except for personal winnings and the risks are equal for everyone involved. Only paying members who are vetted can play at Texas Card House, attorneys for the business said in court documents, and the business does

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