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Lubbock County is cracking down on game rooms with new, stricter rules designed to shut them down — slashing permits from 45 to just 23, limiting hours to 45 per week, and requiring continuous operation. Owners must now notify the county if closing for more than seven days, and can’t sell permits. One defiant owner, El Fronteriso, sued and won a temporary reprieve to operate 12 hours daily, seven days a week, after facing legal troubles that were later dropped. Officials say the crackdown targets illegal gambling, revoking 14 permits this year and charging three people under the new ordinance. A citizen board handles appeals, but no one has yet challenged decisions in court — and fines haven’t been issued yet, though permit revocations are mounting.

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