A popular Texas poker club at the center of an ongoing state investigation has now closed permanently, laying off more than 140 employees, according to a newly filed WARN notice.
Tempus Holding Inc., which operates The Lodge Card Club in Round Rock, notified local officials that the facility closed March 24 and that 144 workers were laid off.
The layoffs follow a March 10 raid by state investigators that effectively shut down operations at the club, leaving roughly 200 workers out of a job, according to KXAN…