Its bankruptcy attorney said the business is looking for a new location in Ventura. But the business has not re-opened, even though state regulations now allow it to open indoors with limited capacity, and on April 6 it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, or a debt reorganization. She moved the card room to the Ventura Auto Center in 2011, trading up from a small building in West Ventura and changing the name from the Player’s Card Club.Ī little more than a year ago, the Player’s Casino laid off 183 workers in what it said was a temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The owner, Monica Donohoo, inherited the business in 1996 when her husband, Pinky Donohoo, died after owning the club for more than half a century.

The Player’s Casino is the only licensed card room in Ventura County, and one of 86 in California. (Amber Hair photo)Īfter most of a year of not being allowed to operate, the Player’s Casino in Ventura has filed for bankruptcy and left its location on Auto Center Drive. The Player’s Casino in Ventura has vacated its location in the Ventura Auto Center and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.