{"id":163593,"date":"2021-02-05T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=163593"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:44:03","slug":"casino-m8trix-sues-san-jose-after-cali-regulator-denies-table-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/casino-m8trix-sues-san-jose-after-cali-regulator-denies-table-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose, Ca. Card Room Casino M8trix Sues City After Table Expansion Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose-based card room<\/a> Casino M8trix is suing the city in a bid to have a ballot measure that was overwhelmingly approved by residents declared invalid, The Mercury News<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

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What is the M8trix? It\u2019s a card room in San Jose, Neo. And it wants more table games like the card game pictured here. (Image: Casino M8trix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In November, 73 percent of San Jose voters approved Measure H. The measure proposed hiking taxes on the city\u2019s two card rooms, Casino M8trix and Bay 101, in return for allowing them to increase their table-game capacity. Casino M8trix wanted to increase its current quota from 49 tables to 64.<\/p>\n

It was a win-win situation for the city and the card rooms, until the state intervened and made it win-lose.<\/p>\n

$1 Million Tax Headache \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Two weeks before the election, California\u2019s Bureau of Gambling Control<\/a> wrote to city officials informing them it would be illegal for the card rooms to add more tables. Under the California Gambling Control Act, a city is prohibited from increasing a card room\u2019s quota of tables by one quarter or more than it had been on January 1, 1996.<\/p>\n

The city and the state are currently in disagreement about how many tables were in play in 1996.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Casino M8trix wants to ensure that it does not become collateral damage and is taking pre-emptive measures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A lawsuit filed in the Santa Clara County Superior Court seeks to have the Measure H invalidated unless the tables are part of the deal. Otherwise, the card room could be on the hook for an extra $1 million annually with nothing to show for it.<\/p>\n

Tables Turn<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The lawsuit argued there is \u201cno evidence\u201d that voters would have approved the tax hike had it not been tied to the increase in tables. The hike changes taxes from 15 percent of gross gaming revenues to 16.5 percent.<\/p>\n

San Jose city attorney Nora Frimann told The Mercury News<\/em> that she believes Casino M8trix can have the additional tables, despite the state\u2019s contrary position. She declined to comment further, other than to say the state was working to make it happen.<\/p>\n

Casino M8trix has filed an application with the California Gambling Control Commission for the extra tables, which is pending.\u00a0 The card room\u2019s lawyers said it had filed the lawsuit as a \u201cpreventative measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Measure H was expected to generate $15 million for the city annually to fund emergency services, street repair, and to address homelessness.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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