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A poker-loving Tucson couple have opened a card room on the North Side, hoping to provide local players with a cheaper alternative to casinos and give exposure to a growing debate over poker’s legality in Arizona beyond Indian reservations.

Donna and Johnny Ray Rogers, owners of a local tattoo parlor called Majestik Tattoo and the Blaze Threads clothing shop, opened Club Royale Friday.

The 3,500-square-foot facility at 2665 N. Campbell Ave. is open from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. seven days a week and offers fixed-limit, pot-limit and no-limit cash poker games such as Texas hold ‘em, Omaha and seven-card stud.

Club Royale is affiliated with the International Card and Game Players Association, founded in May by Tombstone resident Harold Lee.

Lee has operated card rooms in Bisbee and Sierra Vista since 2005 and has been the subject of at least two Arizona Department of Gaming investigations into illegal gambling.

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Author Contact Info: Brian J. Pedersen, Arizona Daily Star

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