Solares, who is running for a seat on the Virginia Beach School Board, said she doesn’t have ties to the poker room. “She should know better as a member of the board,” said Berman, who lives in Richmond. He also runs a Facebook group dedicated to discussing integrity in gaming.īerman said it’s disappointing that Virginia Beach resident Amy Solares, vice chair of the state’s Charitable Gaming Board, which oversees charitable gaming, has ties to the poker room. The poker room routinely and openly advertised on its social media page that it was continuing to hold poker games even after the new fines went into effect, he said, and therefore should have expected to have drawn attention from authorities.īerman, a horse racing fan and retired bouncer, often attends state meetings on gaming and speaks with legislators about his concerns. Tad Berman, a self-described “citizen watchdog” who has taken aim at establishments he believes are falsely claiming to be charitable gaming organizations, said he wasn’t surprised by the closure. However, in a cryptic message sent from its Facebook page, the business seemingly questioned why other establishments offering poker in Virginia Beach continued to operate. The poker room did not respond to an inquiry from The Pilot about the reason for its shutdown.

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