

The system is no different from the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant Monopoly sweepstakes, he continued. “We have a catalog of 22,000 songs, and when you download them, you help Texas artists. “We’re different because we sell music downloads,” he said. Machines line the walls of an adjacent light-filled room, and some are set up on a custom-made table in the center.ĭeba explained how the system works and what he says makes it legal. The kitchen area is ready for appliances to be installed the bar already sparkles with clean glasses hanging upside down along its length, although no food or drink are currently being sold. Customers walk into an open area, which Deba said soon will be a bar and restaurant.

At the time of this visit, all of the doors were open to let in cool air from a recent cold front. Its sign, though not large, is in the front. In contrast, Ranch 29 has rows of large, uncovered windows in the front and along the west side of the building. The only sign is a vinyl banner on the west side. The front door is at the back of the building. The dark room smells of smoke, and metal ashtrays sit at each terminal. The two locations couldn’t have been more different in style.Īt Lucky Lounge, computers line the walls of a large room in a gray building with only one small window. He also operates Lucky Lounge on RR 1431 in Kingsland. “It legitimizes everything we do.”ĭeba of Cedar Park spoke to in person at one of two game rooms he runs in Llano County: Ranch 29 on Texas 29 in Buchanan Dam. “A lot of times, when people see a game room and they think, ‘Should I do this or not?’, if there’s an ordinance, to me, it’s safer,” Deba continued. An email to the company’s attorney to verify the name was not returned.)

(An online search for this name by produced no results. “To me, ordinances are good,” said Jon Deba, director of operations for Restaurant Streaming Solutions in Austin. One game room manager in Buchanan Dam said he welcomed the ordinances recently passed by the Llano County Commissioners Court and the Granite Shoals City Council. As different government bodies move to regulate eight-liner game rooms popping up across the Highland Lakes, the people running those businesses say the games are legal and provide legitimate entertainment to their customers.
