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At Hawaiian Gardens it's printed right on the table: "ENGLISH ONLY AND NO MONACLES WHILE THE HAND IS IN PLAY"

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Would this be an ADA violation?

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NO, ADA requires reasonable accommodations not necessarily the person's accomodation of choice. So you tell someone they can't use a a monocular but you have the dealer announce the board cards they are being accomodated.

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That's not EXACTLY what ADA says. It's not ok to make some minor accommodation. You must make a "reasonable" accommodation. Reading off the board cards would be the best the casino can do for a totally blind person (and I've seen this done). But if a person with limited sight can see the board cards without outside aid if allowed to use a magnifying device, the casino would be very hard pressed to make a case as to why they can't allow it. Just like it's not acceptable for a casino to say their accommodation to wheel chairs is they'll agree to carry their patrons up any stairs--they MUST provide ramps or elevators--it's not necessarily going to be ok to say the dealer will assist the player.

But IANAL.