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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0139 - "Capital lease" defined.

"Capital lease" means a bailment, lease or similar transaction in which:
1. The lease is in writing;
2. The writing includes the names and addresses of the lessor and lessee, the term, amount of rental payments, a specific list of the leased equipment and details of any rights which the lessee has to extend the term or to acquire the leased equipment during the term or at the expiration of the term including any renewals of the original term;
3. The lease serves as the functional equivalent of an extension of credit by the lessor to the lessee;
4. The leased equipment was acquired by the lessor specifically for a leasing transaction; and
5. The lessor is a national banking association that is authorized to do business in this state, a banking corporation formed or regulated under the laws of this state or a wholly owned subsidiary of such a banking association or corporation that is formed or regulated under the laws of this state.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1422; A 1997, 62)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01395 - "Cash access and wagering instrument service provider" defined.

"Cash access and wagering instrument service provider" means a provider of services or devices for use by patrons of licensed gaming establishments to obtain cash or wagering instruments through a variety of automated methods, including, without limitation:
1. Wagering instrument issuance and redemption kiosks; or
2. Money transfers through mobile or Internet services.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 202)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.014 - "Cashless wagering system" defined.

"Cashless wagering system" means a method of wagering and accounting:
1. In which the validity and value of a wagering instrument or wagering credits are determined, monitored and retained by a computer that maintains a record of each transaction involving the wagering instrument or wagering credits, exclusive of the game or gaming device on which wagers are being made. The term includes computerized systems which facilitate electronic transfers of money directly to or from a game or gaming device; or
2. Used in a race book or sports pool in which the validity and value of a wagering instrument or wagering credits are determined, monitored and retained on a computer that maintains a record of each transaction involving the wagering instrument or wagering credits.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 829; A 1995, 1496; 1997, 3497; 2013, 2105, 3308; 2019, 214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0144 - "Club venue" defined.

"Club venue" means a venue, including, without limitation, a pool venue, that:
1. Is located on the premises of a nonrestricted gaming establishment;
2. Prohibits patrons under 21 years of age from entering the premises;
3. Is licensed to serve alcohol;
4. Allows dancing; and
5. Offers live music, a disc jockey or an emcee.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01443 - "Club venue employee" defined.

"Club venue employee" means a natural person or third-party contractor who is required to register under the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 463.15999. The term includes:
1. Any person who provides hosting and VIP services; and
2. Any other person who the Commission determines must register because such registration is necessary to promote the public policy set forth in NRS 463.0129.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01447 - "Club venue operator" defined.

"Club venue operator" means a person who:
1. Operates a club venue as a tenant of, or pursuant to a management or similar type of agreement with, a nonrestricted licensee; and
2. Does not, or whose controlled affiliate does not, hold a nonrestricted gaming license.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01463 - "Contest" defined.

"Contest" means a competition among patrons for a prize, whether or not:
1. The prize is a specified amount of money; or
2. Consideration is required to be paid by the patrons to participate in the competition.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 925)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01464 - "Covered asset" defined.

"Covered asset" means any tangible or intangible asset specifically designed for use in, and used in connection with, the operation of an interactive gaming facility that, after December 31, 2006, knowingly and intentionally operated interactive gaming that involved patrons located in the United States, unless and to the extent such activity was licensed at all times by a state or the Federal Government, including, without limitation:
1. Any trademark, trade name, service mark or similar intellectual property under which an interactive gaming facility was identified to the patrons of the interactive gaming facility;
2. Any information regarding persons via a database, customer list or any derivative of a database or customer list; and
3. Any software or hardware relating to the management, administration, development, testing or control of an interactive gaming facility.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.014645 - "Covered person" defined.

1. "Covered person" means any person who:
(a) Has at any time owned, in whole or in significant part, an interactive gaming facility or an entity operating an interactive gaming facility that after December 31, 2006, knowingly and intentionally operated interactive gaming that involved patrons located in the United States, unless and to the extent such activity was licensed at all times by a state or the Federal Government;
(b) After December 31, 2006, acted, or proposed to act, on behalf of a person described in paragraph (a) and knowingly and intentionally provided, or proposed to provide, to such person any services as an interactive gaming service provider, with knowledge that the interactive gaming facility’s operation of interactive gaming involved patrons located in the United States; or
(c) Purchased or acquired, directly or indirectly:
(1) In whole or in significant part, a person described in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(2) Any covered assets, in whole or in part, of such person.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Interactive gaming service provider" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.677.
(b) "Significant part" means with respect to ownership, purchase or acquisition of an entity, interactive gaming facility or person, holding 5 percent or more of the entity, interactive gaming facility or person, or any amount of ownership that provides control over the entity, interactive gaming facility or person.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01465 - "Credit card" defined.

"Credit card" means a card, code or other device with which a person may defer payment of debt, incur debt and defer its payment, or purchase property or services and defer payment therefor, but does not include a card, code or other device used to activate a preexisting agreement between a person and a financial institution to extend credit when the person’s account at the financial institution is overdrawn or to maintain a specified minimum balance in the person’s account at the financial institution.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1495)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01467 - "Credit instrument" defined.

"Credit instrument" means a record which evidences a gaming debt owed to a person who holds a nonrestricted license at the time the debt is created, and includes any record taken in consolidation, redemption or payment of a previous credit instrument.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 798; A 2021, 1300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0147 - "Disseminator" defined.

"Disseminator" means any person who furnishes an operator of a race book, sports pool or gambling game who is licensed in this state with information relating to horse racing or other racing which is used to determine winners of or payoffs on wagers accepted by the operator. The term does not include a person who provides a televised broadcast without charge to any person who receives the broadcast.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01473 - "Electronic transfer of money" defined.

"Electronic transfer of money" means any transfer of money, other than a transaction initiated by a check, draft or other similar instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, computer or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing or authorizing a financial institution or person holding an account on behalf of another to debit or credit an account.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1495)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0152 - "Game" and "gambling game" defined.

1. "Game" or "gambling game" means any game played with cards, dice, equipment or any mechanical or electronic device or machine for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, faro, monte, roulette, keno, bingo, fan-tan, twenty-one, blackjack, seven-and-a-half, klondike, craps, poker, chuck-a-luck, wheel of fortune, chemin de fer, baccarat, pai gow, beat the banker, panguingui, slot machine, any banking or percentage game or any other game or device approved by the Commission, upon the recommendation of the Board, pursuant to NRS 463.164.
2. The term does not include games:
(a) Played with cards in private homes or residences in which no person makes money for operating the game, except as a player; or
(b) Operated by qualified organizations that are registered by the Chair pursuant to the provisions of chapter 462 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1969, 462; 1979, 772; 1981, 1073; 1985, 2134; 2019, 964; 2021, 3377)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0153 - "Gaming" and "gambling" defined.

"Gaming" or "gambling" means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game as defined in NRS 463.0152.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1995, 756; 2021, 3377)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0155 - "Gaming device" defined.

"Gaming device" means any object used remotely or directly in connection with gaming or any game which affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss and which does not otherwise constitute associated equipment. The term includes, without limitation:
1. A slot machine.
2. Mobile gaming.
3. A collection of two or more of the following components:
(a) An assembled electronic circuit which cannot be reasonably demonstrated to have any use other than in a slot machine;
(b) A cabinet with electrical wiring and provisions for mounting a coin, token or currency acceptor and provisions for mounting a dispenser of coins, tokens or anything of value;
(c) An assembled mechanical or electromechanical display unit intended for use in gambling; or
(d) An assembled mechanical unit which cannot be demonstrated to have any use other than in a slot machine.
4. Any object which may be connected to or used with a slot machine to alter the normal criteria of random selection or affect the outcome of a game.
5. A system for the accounting or management of any game in which the result of the wager is determined electronically by using any combination of hardware or software for computers.
6. A control program.
7. Any combination of one of the components set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 3 and any other component which the Commission determines by regulation to be a machine used directly or remotely in connection with gaming or any game which affects the results of a wager by determining a win or loss.
8. Any object that has been determined to be a gaming device pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission.
9. As used in this section:
(a) "Control program" means any software, source language or executable code which affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss as determined pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission.
(b) "Mobile gaming" means the conduct of gambling games through communications devices operated solely in an establishment which holds a nonrestricted gaming license and which operates at least 100 slot machines and at least one other game by the use of communications technology that allows a person to transmit information to a computer to assist in the placing of a bet or wager and corresponding information related to the display of the game, game outcomes or other similar information. For the purposes of this paragraph, "communications technology" means any method used and the components employed by an establishment to facilitate the transmission of information, including, without limitation, transmission and reception by systems based on wireless network, wireless fidelity, wire, cable, radio, microwave, light, optics or computer data networks. The term does not include the Internet.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1981, 1074; 1985, 2135; 1993, 307; 2009, 274; 2011, 1642; 2019, 1274; 2021, 3377)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0159 - "Gaming license" defined.

"Gaming license" means any license issued by the State or any political subdivision thereof pursuant to this chapter or chapter 464 of NRS which authorizes the person named therein to engage in gaming or pari-mutuel wagering.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1599)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01595 - "Gaming salon" defined.

"Gaming salon" means an enclosed gaming facility which is located anywhere on the property of a resort hotel that holds a nonrestricted license, admission to which facility is based upon the financial criteria of a patron as established by the licensee and approved by the Board.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1169)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0164 - "Independent agent" defined.

1. "Independent agent" means any person who:
(a) Approves or grants the extension of gaming credit on behalf of a state gaming licensee or collects a debt evidenced by a credit instrument; or
(b) Contracts with a state gaming licensee or its affiliate to provide services outside of Nevada consisting of arranging complimentary transportation, food, lodging or other services, or any combination thereof, whose combined retail price per person exceeds $1,000 in any 7-day period for guests at a licensed gaming establishment.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A state gaming licensee;
(b) A bonded collection agency licensed by the local government authorities in the jurisdiction where the agency has its principal place of business;
(c) A licensed attorney;
(d) A supplier of transportation;
(e) A travel agency which receives compensation solely on the price of the transportation or lodging arranged for by the agency;
(f) An employee of a state gaming licensee or its affiliate; or
(g) A person who receives compensation for his or her services, other than cash, in an amount of not more than $1,000.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 798; A 1993, 308)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01642 - "Information service" defined.

"Information service" means a person who sells and provides information to a licensed sports pool that is used primarily to aid the placing of wagers on events of any kind. The term includes, without limitation, a person who sells and provides any:
1. Line, point spread or odds;
2. Information, advice or consultation considered by a licensee in establishing or setting any line, point spread or odds; or
3. Advice, estimate or prediction regarding the outcome of an event.
The term does not include a newspaper or magazine of general circulation or a television or radio service or broadcast if the primary purpose of the newspaper, magazine or television or radio service or broadcast is other than to aid the placing of wagers on events of any kind.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.016425 - "Interactive gaming" defined.

1. "Interactive gaming" means the conduct of gambling games through the use of communications technology that allows a person, utilizing money, checks, electronic checks, electronic transfers of money, credit cards, debit cards or any other instrumentality, to transmit to a computer information to assist in the placing of a bet or wager and corresponding information related to the display of the game, game outcomes or other similar information. The term:
(a) Includes, without limitation, Internet poker.
(b) Does not include the operation of a race book or sports pool that uses communications technology approved by the Board pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission to accept wagers originating within this state for races, or sporting events or other events.
2. As used in this section, "communications technology" means any method used and the components employed by an establishment to facilitate the transmission of information, including, without limitation, transmission and reception by systems based on wire, cable, radio, microwave, light, optics or computer data networks, including, without limitation, the Internet and intranets.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 3075; A 2009, 2429; 2011, 1668)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.016427 - "Interactive gaming facility" defined.

1. "Interactive gaming facility" means any Internet website, or similar communications facility in which transmissions may cross any state’s boundaries, through which any person operates interactive gaming through the use of communications technology.
2. As used in this section, "communications technology" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.016425.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0165 - "License" defined.

"License" means a gaming license, a manufacturer’s or distributor’s license, a license issued to a disseminator of information concerning racing or a license issued to an operator of an off-track pari-mutuel system.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1599; A 1991, 1838; 1993, 309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0167 - "License fees" defined.

"License fees" means any money required by law to be paid to obtain or renew a gaming license, manufacturer’s or distributor’s license or license issued to an operator of an off-track pari-mutuel system. The term also includes the fees paid by a disseminator of information concerning racing.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1967, 1599; 1993, 309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0171 - "Licensee" defined.

"Licensee" means any person to whom a valid gaming license, manufacturer’s or distributor’s license, license for the operation of an off-track pari-mutuel system or license for dissemination of information concerning racing has been issued.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1967, 1599; 1993, 309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01715 - "Manufacture" defined.

1. "Manufacture" means:
(a) To manufacture, produce, program, design, control the design of or make modifications to a gaming device, associated equipment, cashless wagering system or interactive gaming system for use or play in Nevada;
(b) To direct or control the methods and processes used to design, develop, program, assemble, produce, fabricate, compose and combine the components and other tangible objects of any gaming device, associated equipment, cashless wagering system or interactive gaming system for use or play in Nevada;
(c) To assemble, or control the assembly of, a gaming device, associated equipment, cashless wagering system or interactive gaming system for use or play in Nevada; or
(d) To assume responsibility for any action described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Assume responsibility" means to:
(1) Acquire complete control over, or ownership of, the applicable gaming device, associated equipment, cashless wagering system or interactive gaming system; and
(2) Accept continuing legal responsibility for the gaming device, associated equipment, cashless wagering system or interactive gaming system, including, without limitation, any form of manufacture performed by an affiliate or independent contractor.
(b) "Independent contractor" means, with respect to a manufacturer, any person who:
(1) Is not an employee of the manufacturer; and
(2) Pursuant to an agreement with the manufacturer, designs, develops, programs, produces or composes a control program used in the manufacture of a gaming device. As used in this subparagraph, "control program" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0155.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 273; A 2011, 1643; 2015, 1486; 2017, 360; 2019, 1277)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0177 - "Nonrestricted license" and "nonrestricted operation" defined.

"Nonrestricted license" or "nonrestricted operation" means:
1. A state gaming license for, or an operation consisting of, 16 or more slot machines;
2. A license for, or operation of, any number of slot machines together with any other game, gaming device, race book or sports pool at one establishment; or
3. A license for, or the operation of, a slot machine route.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1068; A 1997, 3499; 2005, 717; 2019, 1277; 2021, 3380)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.018 - "Operator of a slot machine route" defined.

"Operator of a slot machine route" means a person who, under any agreement whereby consideration is paid or payable for the right to place slot machines, engages in the business of placing and operating slot machines upon the business premises of others at three or more locations.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1332; A 1985, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0181 - "Party" defined.

"Party" means the Nevada Gaming Control Board and any licensee or other person appearing of record in any proceeding before the Commission; or the Nevada Gaming Commission and any licensee or other person appearing of record in any proceeding for judicial review of any action, decision or order of the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0186 - "Regulation" defined.

"Regulation" means a rule, standard, directive or statement of general applicability which effectuates law or policy, or describes the procedure or requirements for practicing before the Board or Commission. The term includes a proposed regulation and the amendment or repeal of a prior regulation, but does not include:
1. A statement concerning only the internal management of the Board or Commission and not affecting the rights or procedures available to any licensee or other person;
2. A declaratory ruling;
3. An interagency memorandum or a memorandum between the Board and the Commission;
4. The Board’s or the Commission’s decision in a contested case or relating to an application for a license; or
5. Any notice concerning the fees to be charged which are necessary for the administration of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 562)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01865 - "Resort hotel" defined.

"Resort hotel" means any building or group of buildings that is maintained as and held out to the public to be a hotel where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the transient public and that has:
1. In a county whose population:
(a) Is 700,000 or more, more than 200 rooms available for sleeping accommodations; or
(b) Is 100,000 or more and less than 700,000, more than 300 rooms available for sleeping accommodations;
2. At least one bar with permanent seating capacity for more than 30 patrons that serves alcoholic beverages sold by the drink for consumption on the premises;
3. At least one restaurant with permanent seating capacity for more than 60 patrons that is open to the public 24 hours each day and 7 days each week; and
4. A gaming area within the building or group of buildings.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1405; A 2013, 3461)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0189 - "Restricted license" and "restricted operation" defined.

"Restricted license" or "restricted operation" means a state gaming license for, or an operation consisting of, not more than 15 slot machines and no other game or gaming device, race book or sports pool at an establishment in which the operation of slot machines is incidental to the primary business of the establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1068; A 1989, 1096; 2013, 2153, 3318)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0191 - "Slot machine" defined.

"Slot machine" means any mechanical, electrical or other device, contrivance or machine which, upon insertion of a coin, token or similar object, or upon payment of any consideration, is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which, whether by reason of the skill of the operator in playing a gambling game which is presented for play by the machine or application of the element of chance, or both, may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the machine to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, tokens or any thing of value, whether the payoff is made automatically from the machine or in any other manner.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1040; A 1985, 2135)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01955 - "Temporarily registered as a gaming employee" defined.

"Temporarily registered as a gaming employee" means authorized to be employed as a gaming employee in this State from the date of submitting a complete application for registration or renewal of registration for a period not to exceed 120 days following receipt of the complete application by the Board, including classifiable fingerprints, unless otherwise suspended.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 20th Special Session, 2; A 2007, 1103)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.01963 - "Wagering credit" defined.

"Wagering credit" means a representative of value, other than a chip, token or wagering instrument, that is used for wagering at a game, gaming device, race book or sports pool and is obtained by the payment of cash or a cash equivalent, the use of a wagering instrument or the electronic transfer of money.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1495; A 2013, 2107, 3310)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.0199 - Attorney General is legal adviser for Board and Commission.

The Attorney General and his or her deputies are the legal advisers for the Commission and the Board and shall represent the Commission and the Board in any proceeding to which either is a party.
[9:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 432; 1967, 1500; 1971, 1439; 1977, 1428; 1979, 649; 1981, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.023 - Members: Qualifications and eligibility.

1. Each member of the Commission shall be:
(a) A citizen of the United States; and
(b) A resident of the State of Nevada.
2. No member of the Legislature, no person holding any elective office in the State Government, nor any officer or official of any political party shall be eligible to appointment to the Commission.
3. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Commission shall be composed of the most qualified persons available, preferably no two of whom shall be of the same profession or major field of industry; but no person actively engaged or having a direct pecuniary interest in gaming activities shall be a member of the Commission.
4. Not more than three members of the Commission shall be of the same major political affiliation.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 429; A 1961, 359)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.024 - Members: Appointment; Chair; terms; removal.

1. The Governor shall appoint members of the Commission and designate the member to serve as Chair of the Commission.
2. After the initial terms, the term of office for each member of the Commission is 4 years.
3. Any commissioner may be removed by the Governor:
(a) If, in the opinion of the Governor, that commissioner is guilty of malfeasance in office or neglect of duty.
(b) At any time without stated cause with the concurrence of a majority of the Legislative Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 429; A 1961, 359; 1981, 66)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.025 - Members: Discharge of duties; certain political activities prohibited; oaths.

1. The Commission members shall devote such time to the business of the Commission as may be necessary to the discharge of their duties.
2. No member shall be:
(a) A member of any political convention; or
(b) A member of any committee of any political party.
3. Before entering upon the duties of office, each member shall subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and, in addition, swear that the member is not actively engaged in and does not hold a direct pecuniary interest in gaming activities.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 430)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.026 - Members: Salaries.

The Chair of the Commission is entitled to an annual salary of $55,000. Each of the other members is entitled to an annual salary of $40,000.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 430; A 1969, 648; 1981, 1107; 1985, 1879; 1991, 1921; 1995, 1497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.027 - Board to furnish administrative and clerical services and equipment to Commission; administrative costs.

1. The Board shall furnish to the Commission such administrative and clerical services and such furnishings, equipment, supplies, stationery, books, motor vehicles and all other things as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable in carrying out its functions.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all costs of administration incurred by the Board on behalf of the Commission shall be paid out on claims from the General Fund in the State Treasury in the same manner as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 430; A 1961, 662; 1963, 642; 1965, 705, 1032; 1967, 1499; 1971, 766)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.028 - Offices.

1. The Commission shall keep its main office at Carson City, Nevada, in conjunction with the Board in rooms provided by the Buildings and Grounds Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration.
2. The Commission may, in its discretion, maintain a branch office in Las Vegas, Nevada, or at any other place in this state, in space to be provided by the Buildings and Grounds Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 430; A 1961, 662; 1963, 1070; 1973, 1475; 1993, 1636; 2011, 2984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.029 - Meetings; quorum.

1. Regular and special meetings of the Commission may be held, at the discretion of the Commission, at such times and places as it may deem convenient, but at least one regular meeting may be held each month on or after the 15th day of the month.
2. A majority of the members is a quorum of the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 430; A 1983, 1444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.040 - Members: Qualifications and eligibility.

1. Each member of the Board shall:
(a) Be a citizen of the United States.
(b) Be, or within 6 months after appointment become and remain, a resident of the State of Nevada.
2. No member of the Legislature, no person holding any elective office in the State Government, nor any officer or official of any political party is eligible for appointment to the Board.
3. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Board be composed of the most qualified persons available.
4. The Chair of the Board, who is its Executive Director, must have at least 5 years of responsible administrative experience in public or business administration or possess broad management skills.
5. One member of the Board must be a certified public accountant certified or licensed by this state or another state of the United States or a public accountant qualified to practice public accounting under the provisions of chapter 628 of NRS, have 5 years of progressively responsible experience in general accounting, and have a comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of corporate finance; or such person must possess the qualifications of an expert in the fields of corporate finance and auditing, general finance, gaming or economics.
6. One member of the Board must be selected with special reference to his or her training and experience in the fields of investigation, law enforcement, law or gaming.
[4:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 431; 1971, 766; 1981, 677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.050 - Members: Appointment; terms; Chair and Executive Director; removal.

1. The term of office of each member of the Board is 4 years, commencing on the last Monday in January.
2. The Governor shall appoint the members of the Board and designate one member to serve as Chair and Executive Director, who shall coordinate the activities of the Board.
3. The Governor may remove any member for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office. Removal may be made after:
(a) The member has been served with a copy of the charges against the member; and
(b) A public hearing before the Governor is held upon the charges, if requested by the member charged.
The request for a public hearing must be made within 10 days after service upon such member of the charges. If a hearing is not requested, a member is removed effective 10 days after service of charges upon the member. A record of the proceedings at the public hearing must be filed with the Secretary of State.
[5:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 431; 1961, 360; 1971, 767; 1973, 1266; 1981, 66; 2007, 73)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.060 - Members: Other employment and certain political activities and financial interests prohibited; oaths.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, each member shall devote his or her entire time and attention to the business of the Board and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit.
2. A member shall not be:
(a) A member of any political convention.
(b) A member of any committee of any political party, or engage in any party activities.
3. A member shall not be pecuniarily interested in any business or organization holding a gaming license under this chapter or doing business with any person or organization licensed under this chapter.
4. Before entering upon the duties of office, each member shall subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and, in addition, swear that the member is not pecuniarily interested in any business or organization holding a gaming license or doing business with any such person or organization. The oath of office shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
[6:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 431; 1975, 934; 1977, 1114; 1997, 619)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.070 - Members: Compensation.

The Board members are each entitled to receive an annual salary in the amount specified by the Legislature.
[7:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 432; 1965, 705; 1967, 1499; 1971, 767; 1987, 1309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.080 - Organization; administrative expenses; employees; plan concerning employees.

1. The Board may:
(a) Establish, and from time to time alter, such a plan of organization as it may deem expedient.
(b) Acquire such furnishings, equipment, supplies, stationery, books, motor vehicles and other things as it may deem necessary or desirable in carrying out its functions.
(c) Incur such other expenses, within the limit of money available to it, as it may deem necessary.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all costs of administration incurred by the Board must be paid out on claims from the State General Fund in the same manner as other claims against the State are paid.
3. The Board shall, within the limits of legislative appropriations or authorizations, employ and fix the salaries of or contract for the services of such professional, technical and operational personnel and consultants as the execution of its duties and the operation of the Board and Commission may require.
4. The members of the Board and all the personnel of the Board, except clerical employees, are exempt from the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS. They are entitled to such leaves of absence as the Board prescribes, but such leaves must not be of lesser duration than those provided for other state employees pursuant to chapter 284 of NRS.
5. Clerical employees of the Board are in the classified service but are exempt from the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS for purposes of removal. They are entitled to receive an annual salary which must be fixed in accordance with the pay plan adopted under the provisions of that chapter.
6. The Board shall establish, and modify as necessary, a comprehensive plan governing employment, job classifications and performance standards, and retention or discharge of employees to assure that termination or other adverse action is not taken against such employees except for cause. The plan must include provisions for hearings in personnel matters and for review of adverse actions taken in those matters.
[8:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 432; 1965, 1032; 1967, 1028, 1499; 1971, 767; 1981, 1074; 1993, 2092; 2011, 205; 2021, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.085 - Executive Secretary: Appointment; removal; duties; other employment prohibited; salary.

1. The position of Executive Secretary of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and of the Nevada Gaming Commission is hereby created.
2. The Executive Secretary:
(a) Is appointed by the Board with the approval of the Commission, and may be removed by the Board with the concurrence of the Commission.
(b) Is responsible for the conduct of the Commission’s administrative matters and shall assist the Board in administrative matters.
(c) Shall, except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, devote his or her entire time and attention to the business of the office of Executive Secretary and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit.
3. The Executive Secretary is entitled to an annual salary in the amount specified by the Commission within the limits of legislative appropriations or authorizations.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 765; A 1971, 1438; 1979, 773; 1997, 619)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.100 - Offices.

1. The Board shall keep its main office at Carson City, Nevada, in conjunction with the Commission in rooms provided by the Buildings and Grounds Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration.
2. The Board may, in its discretion, maintain a branch office in Las Vegas, Nevada, or at any other place in this State as the Chair of the Board deems necessary for the efficient operation of the Board in space provided by the Buildings and Grounds Section. Any leases or agreements entered into pursuant to this subsection must be executed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 331.110.
[10:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 432; 1961, 662; 1963, 1070; 1973, 1475; 1993, 1636; 2009, 276; 2011, 2553, 2984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.110 - Meetings; quorum; investigative hearings.

1. The Board may hold regular and special meetings at such times and places as it may deem convenient, and it may hold at least one regular meeting each month.
2. All meetings of the Board are open to the public except for investigative hearings which may be conducted in private at the discretion of the Board or hearing examiner.
3. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum of the Board, and a majority of members present at any meeting determines the action of the Board.
4. Investigative hearings may be conducted by one or more members with the concurrence of a majority of the Board, or by a hearing examiner appointed by the Board, without notice, at such times and places, within or without the State of Nevada, as may be convenient.
[11:429:1955]—(NRS A 1959, 433; 1973, 1267; 1977, 1428; 1979, 773; 1983, 1444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.123 - Report to Commission by Board; delinquent debts; designation of bad debts.

1. On or before January 15 of each year, the Board shall prepare and furnish to the Commission a report that shows all debts owed to the Board that became or remained delinquent during the preceding year. The Board shall include in the report the amount of any delinquent debt that the Board determines is impossible or impractical to collect.
2. For any amount of debt the Board has assigned to the State Controller for collection pursuant to NRS 353C.195 that:
(a) The Board determines is impossible or impractical to collect, the Board may designate such amount as a bad debt and shall notify the State Controller of such a designation. Upon approval by the Chair of the Board, the bad debt may be removed from the books of the account of the Board.
(b) The State Controller determines is impossible or impractical to collect, the State Controller shall request the State Board of Examiners to designate the debt as a bad debt in accordance with NRS 353C.220.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 234; A 2023, 1493)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.125 - Commission may require certain nonrestricted licensees to report and maintain records of transactions involving cash; absolute immunity from civil liability for certain disclosures about transactions involving cash; absolute privilege of certain documents.

1. The Commission may require nonrestricted licensees with an annual gross revenue of $1,000,000 or more to report and keep records of all transactions involving cash.
2. A gaming licensee, or a director, officer, employee, affiliate or agent of the gaming licensee, who makes a disclosure to the Commission, the Board or any other law enforcement agency of a possible violation or circumvention of law or regulation regarding a transaction involving cash has absolute immunity from civil liability for that disclosure or for the failure to notify a person involved in the transaction or any other person of that disclosure.
3. The absolute privilege set forth in NRS 463.3407 also applies to the copy of a report of a suspicious transaction filed with the Board as required by regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1299; A 1997, 214; 2009, 277)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.1405 - Investigation of qualifications of applicants and observation of conduct of licensees and other persons by Board; absolute powers of Board and Commission.

1. The Board shall investigate the qualifications of each applicant under this chapter before any license is issued or any registration, finding of suitability or approval of acts or transactions for which Commission approval is required or permission is granted, and shall continue to observe the conduct of all licensees and other persons having a material involvement directly or indirectly with a licensed gaming operation or registered holding company to ensure that licenses are not issued or held by, nor is there any material involvement directly or indirectly with a licensed gaming operation or registered holding company by unqualified, disqualified or unsuitable persons, or persons whose operations are conducted in an unsuitable manner or in unsuitable or prohibited places or locations.
2. To request and receive information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning an investigation of an applicant pursuant to this section, the Board must receive a complete set of fingerprints of the applicant which the Board must forward to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
3. The Board has full and absolute power and authority to recommend the denial of any application, the limitation, conditioning or restriction of any license, registration, finding of suitability or approval, the suspension or revocation of any license, registration, finding of suitability or approval or the imposition of a fine upon any person licensed, registered, found suitable or approved for any cause deemed reasonable by the Board.
4. The Commission has full and absolute power and authority to deny any application or limit, condition, restrict, revoke or suspend any license, registration, finding of suitability or approval, or fine any person licensed, registered, found suitable or approved, for any cause deemed reasonable by the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1068; A 2003, 2850)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.141 - Initiation of proceedings and actions to enforce chapters.

The Commission or Board shall initiate proceedings or actions appropriate to enforce the provisions of this chapter and chapter 462 of NRS, and may request that a district attorney or recommend that the Attorney General prosecute any public offense committed in violation of any provision of this chapter or of chapter 462, 463B, 464 or 466 of NRS. If the Board initiates any action or proceeding or requests the prosecution of any offense, it shall immediately notify the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1040; A 1981, 546; 1991, 2264; 1993, 2120)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 463 - Licensing and Control of Gaming › NRS 463.142 - Civil action by Board to collect fees, interest, penalty or tax; attachment; records as evidence.

1. At any time:
(a) Within 5 years after any amount of fees, interest, penalties or tax required to be paid or collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter becomes due and payable;
(b) Within 5 years after the delinquency of any amount of such fees, interest, penalties or tax; or
(c) Within 3 years after the Board has, within one of the 5-year periods limited by paragraphs (a) and (b), made a determination of any fee, interest, penalty or tax pursuant to NRS 463.388, whichever period extends the longest,
the Board may bring a civil action in the courts of this state, or any other state, or of the United States, in the name of the State of Nevada to collect the amount due together with penalties and interest. An action may be brought even though the person owing the amount is no longer a gaming licensee under the provisions of this chapter.
2. If the action is brought in this state:
(a) A writ of attachment may issue, and no bond or affidavit previous to the issuing of the attachment is required.
(b) The records of the Board are prima facie evidence of the determination of the tax or the amount of the tax, the delinquency of the amount set forth and compliance by the Board with all the provisions of this chapter in relation to the computation and determination of the amounts.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1040; A 1969, 462; 1975, 1142; 1977, 1405; 1981, 1077)