Every Card Room I have been to in the Southern Florida area had a local policeman/Sheriff Deputy on guard most of the time. Particularly at night time. I don’t know all the details, but this is at the Card Room’s expense. One night in Fort Pierce, FL I was leaving the room at 2 AM or so and had enough cash that I asked the deputy for a walk to the car. This room was in the middle of nowhere off some highway.

Texas & Florida are certainly similar in the fact that so many people carry guns. I wonder if these rooms in Texas even have the ability to hire law enforcement given the legal ambiguity and what not. Yes, it would still technically be one armed guard, but I think there would be additional deterrent with a law enforcement presence at the rooms. You don’t hear much about the Florida rooms being robbed.

Really courageous job by the security guard. I know when robberies started to happen in a lot of the underground NYC clubs, many clubs moved to cash settlements during the day, either before or after play. This obviously is added risk to the Card Room. Clearly in rooms this public having everyone play off a sheet is not going to happen. Moving to more of a cashless system just isn’t going to work either.

I think this is a case where the legal ambiguity makes things less safe. That is unfortunate. But what a job by the security guard. All the best to him.