Casino M8trix

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Casino M8trix
Location San Jose, California
Address 1887 Matrix Boulevard
San Jose, California 95110
Opening dateGarden City Casino: 1946
Casino M8trix: 2012
Casino typeLand-Based
OwnerEric Swallow
Previous namesGarden City Casino (1946-2012)
Website Casino M8trix

Casino M8trix is a cardroom in San Jose, California. The 8-story casino offers table games and a poker room. [1] Founded in 1946 under the name Garden City Casino, the casino secured one of the 15 card room licenses in San Jose. [2]

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The casino has been involved with charity programs such as Second Harvest Food Bank and HERS Breast Cancer Foundation. [3]

In 2014, the casino was accused of hiding profits and could lose its gaming license if convicted. [4]

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References

  1. "Casino M8trix". SanJose.com. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. John Woolfolk (2012-02-12). "San Jose and Casino M8trix: A history". Mercury News.
  3. Card Player News Team (2014-09-08). "Casino M8trix Reaches Out To Local Community Through Brand Ambassadors". CardPlayer. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  4. Mark Gomez and Mark Emmons (2014-05-14). "San Jose: Casino M8trix charged with hiding profits, could lose license". Mercury News. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

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