Normandie Casino In Gardena
For four years, the Normandie Casino was the only card club left in Gardena, until Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt decided to build a new card club in the city. In 1998, he bought the land on which the El Dorado Club had once stood, with plans to build a luxury casino. Find 1 listings related to Normandie Casino in Gardena on YP.com. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Normandie Casino locations in Gardena, CA.
About Normandie Casino: Established in 1977, Normandie Casino is located at 1045 W Rosecrans Ave in Gardena, CA - Los Angeles County and is a business listed in the categories Card & Game Rooms & Services, Card Rooms and Card Playing Rooms. After you do business with Normandie Casino, please leave a review to help other people and improve hubbiz. Normandie Casino is removing all previously issued gaming chips from circulation. These chips may be redeemed 24 hours a day at the main casino cage from to. Normandie Casino gaming chips will have no value and may not be redeemed after. Normandie Casino 1045 W. Gardena CA 90247.
LOS ANGELES – The operator of the Normandie Casino in Gardena agreed in court papers filed this morning to plead guilty to charges that it violated anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act. As part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, the casino agreed to pay nearly $2.4 million for failing to report large cash transactions to federal authorities.
In a plea agreement filed this morning in United States District Court, the Normandie Club, the partnership operating the Normandie Casino, agreed to plead guilty to two felony offenses – failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and conspiring to avoid reporting to the government the large cash transactions of some of the casino’s “high-roller” gamblers.
Under federal law – specifically, the Bank Secrecy Act – casinos like the Normandie are required to implement and maintain programs designed to prevent criminals from using the casino to launder the large sums of cash that illegal activity can generate. For example, casinos must record and report to the government the details of transactions involving more than $10,000 by any one gambler in a 24-hour period.
“The United States has an array of anti-money laundering statutes designed to prevent criminals from using the American financial system to launder the large sums of cash generated by illegal activity such as organized crime, drug trafficking and human trafficking,” said United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker. “Casinos that fail to follow these rules are particularly vulnerable to criminals who seek to disguise illegal cash as gambling winnings.”
In the plea agreement, the Normandie admitted that its casino engaged independent gambling “promoters” to locate high-rollers and then steer those gamblers to the casino. As part of the conspiracy, “high-level personnel” at the casino agreed to avoid reporting to the government the large sums of cash certain high-rollers would bring to the casino. According to the plea agreement, the casino avoided reporting transactions related to the high-rollers by submitting Currency Transaction Reports that named the promoter instead of the gambler, by “structuring” transactions so that they appeared to be less than $10,000, or simply by failing to record large transactions.
During one six-week period in 2013, a single high-roller won more than $1 million from another party at the casino, and the casino conspired to conceal the identity of that high-roller.
Under the plea agreement, prosecutors and the Normandie agree that the casino should pay the maximum fine of $500,000 for each of the two counts, which would result in a total fine of $1 million. Additionally, the casino agreed to forfeit to the government $1,383,530, which it admitted receiving in 2013 while failing to file Currency Transactions Reports.
The Normandie also agreed to cooperate in ongoing criminal investigations, and to create, implement, and maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.
The Normandie Club is being arraigned on this case this afternoon. The formal entry of the guilty pleas will take place at a later date.
The investigation into the Normandie was conducted by IRS – Criminal Investigation and the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Gambling Control.
Larry Flynts Lucky Lady is a cardroom located in Gardena, California. It replaced Normandie Casino.
In 1940, the Western Club opened on Western Avenue. Seven years later, the club was renamed the Normandie, and Russ Miller became owner. As the city of Gardena grew, so did the card clubs. Their license fees provided most of the money needed to operate the city.
During the 1960s, Gardena boasted six luxurious card clubs. It was the only city in Los Angeles County to have legal gambling. The clubs flourished until 1980, when the Bell Club in the city of Bell, California, opened. Other cities soon followed suit, and the Gardena monopoly on card gaming came to an end.
In 1980, Russ Miller decided to move the Normandie Casino to a better location near the 110 Harbor Freeway at 1045 West Rosecrans Avenue. A new 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) casino was constructed, along with a Las Vegas-style entertainment venue billed as 'The Million Dollar Showroom'. A few years later, Seven-card stud and Texas hold-em were added to the already existing lineup of games, Five-card draw and Lowball.
Normandie Casino Gardena Ca
In the mid-1980s, a tremendous Asian influence came with the introduction of the California games, including Blackjack, Pai Gow Poker, and Super 9, a game similar to Baccarat. The Normandie completely revamped its restaurant to accommodate a variety of Asian tastes: Mandarin, Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean, along with a standard Continental menu. The Normandie Casino opened its famous Red Dragon Room which featured high-limit Asian games. The Red Dragon Room, with its additional outdoor patio, continues to be one of the most popular Asian gaming rooms in Los Angeles today. The casino is also host to a luxurious V.I.P. Blackjack and Baccarat Room, a first in Southern California.
In 2016, several members of the Miller family had their gaming licenses revoked for anti-money laundering violations, and they were given 120 days to sell the casino.[1]Larry Flynt, owner of the nearby Hustler Casino, won regulatory approval to purchase the Normandie in June 2016, with plans to rename it as Larry Flynt's Lucky Lady Casino.[1]
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- ^ abJason Song (July 7, 2016). 'Larry Flynt buys troubled Normandie Casino'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
External links[edit]
- 'Normandie Casino Faces Audit'. The Los Angeles Times. 22 April 1988.
- CA DOJ BGC (29 June 2006). 'Normandie Casino Collection Fees'(PDF).
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