From there it likely faces clear sailing through the rest of the legislative process. The bill would allow the state's Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board to license hotel-casinos that want to launch Internet gaming sites. If the measure passes this legislative session and is signed by Gov. Kenny Guinn, it will be the first such law in the nation. This could be a very dramatic step for this state. Berman's bill has the kind of support that gets anything in Carson City passed into law.
Gaming is squarely behind it as a way to broaden customer bases and the branding of corporate names.
Only resort hotels with nonrestrictive gaming licenses will be allowed to offer gaming over the Internet. On Tuesday two amendments will be offered. The original definition would have limited resorts to those two urban counties. The other amendment is offered by the Gaming Control Board to clarify its role in formulating any licensing plan for Internet operations. The bill does not mandate that state regulators license such endeavors, it merely gives them the ability to do so when they are ready.