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Flynt Wins California Approval

Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt has won the approval of the Gardena (California) City Council to build a $23 million card casino.

Council members voted this week to approve construction of a two-story casino, then gave Flynt their best wishes. "Good luck to you," Councilman Jim Cragin told Flynt representatives. "I hope you make this so the whole city's proud of you."

Flynt's proposed 46,500-square-foot casino will be decked out in neon and offer 60 gambling tables. While developers usually don't invest millions of dollars to start construction until all permits and licenses have been secured, Flynt intends to begin building soon, and hopes to acquire city and state gaming permits and open no later than next July. Alan Isaacman, Flynt's lawyer, said that if the adult magazine publisher doesn't get the licenses, Isaacman or a third party would obtain them and operate the casino. Flynt has yet to reveal the club's name, but according to his attorney, it could include the word "Hustler."

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