NevadaNevada law sets game approval and casino space rules
Nevada law sets rules for game approvals, defines wagering risk-management services, and requires indoor space at some venues seeking restricted slot licenses.
What it does
Gaming licensees may offer games after the Board chair approves them under Commission rules or the Commission approves them.
The law includes certain wagering risk-management services in its definition of an information service.
Certain venues in counties with at least 100,000 people must have 2,500 square feet of indoor space for patrons to qualify for a restricted slot machine license.
Argument forLetting the Gaming Control Board chair approve games under Commission rules could give casinos another way to get games cleared for play.
Argument againstThe indoor space and restaurant requirements could make it harder for smaller venues in larger counties to qualify for restricted slot machine licenses.
More detail
A gaming licensee may offer a game only after the Board chair approves it under Commission rules or the Commission approves it. This applies to games and gambling games offered by gaming licensees. The Commission must adopt rules for the Board chair’s administrative approval. The law took effect July 1, 2025.
The law’s definition of an information service includes people who sell and provide certain wagering risk-management services. An information service sells and provides information to a licensed sports pool, mainly to help place wagers on events. The services must manage, or advise or instruct on managing, risks tied to wagering pools for races, sporting events, or other events where wagers may be accepted. The law took effect July 1, 2025.
Certain establishments must have at least 2,500 square feet of indoor space open to patrons to receive a restricted slot machine license. This applies to establishments seeking a restricted license to operate 15 or fewer slot machines. The establishment must be in a county with at least 100,000 people, sell alcoholic drinks to the public, and meet additional bar, restaurant, seating, and kitchen-hour requirements. The law took effect July 1, 2025.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 6Chapter 325.Latest
- Jun 5Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 2Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- May 31In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 902 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- May 30From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- May 29From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 902.) To printer.Minor
- May 26From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 22From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 17Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 172.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Apr 16From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Feb 18Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Feb 4Read first time. To committee.Minor
- 2024
- Nov 26From printer.
- Nov 20Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.Introduced
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