August 20th, 2008
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The Pascua Yaqui Tribe filed suit Tuesday against Club Royale, a new poker room at 2665 N. Campbell Ave., seeking the club’s closure and alleging that it engages in illegal gambling.
The suit also names Harold S. Lee, founder of the Tombstone-based International Card and Game Players Association, with which Club Royale and a couple of non-tribal poker rooms in the Phoenix area are affiliated.
“Basically, we want to shut them down based on the fact that it’s illegal gambling in the state of Arizona,” said Luis Ochoa, an attorney at Quarles & Brady representing the tribe.
He said the suit was assigned to Pima County Superior Court Judge Leslie Miller. Ochoa hopes to have a court hearing within 48 hours but it could take as long as 10 days. The tribe seeks a temporary restraining order against Club Royale owners Donna and Johnny Ray Rogers as well as against Lee and the Arizona Card Room in Phoenix.
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Tribe sues new poker room, seeks halt to ‘illegal gambling’ | Club Royale, 2665 N. Campbell Ave.
Author Contact Info: Teya Vitu, Tucson Citizen
