This article discusses efforts by the City of Dallas to shut down poker clubs.
This seems like an opportunity for the city to take a ‘harm reduction’ approach to an issue.
Instead of shutting down poker clubs, focus on working with these businesses to ensure the bad secondary consequences associated with them, such as robberies and gun fights, are reduced. Ensure there is sufficient police and security patrolling the area, enforce laws against public intoxication for drunk gamblers, etc.
I doubt that people are worried about the poker. It’s the crime around it.
This is how alcohol is approached. We focus on stopping drunk driving, rather than trying to stop people from drinking alcohol, which is an impossible task.