The Nevada Gaming Commission is a

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state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the

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. In 1959, the Nevada Gaming Commission ("Commission") was created by the passage of the Gaming Control Act ("Act"),

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Chapters 462–466, by the

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. The Act laid the foundation for what would become modern gaming regulation. The Commission consists of five members appointed by the

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to four-year terms, with one member acting as Chairman. The Commission members serve in a part-time capacity. The primary responsibilities of the Commission include acting on the recommendations of the Gaming Control Board (Board) in licensing matters and ruling upon work permit appeal cases. The Commission is the final authority on licensing matters, having the ability to approve, restrict, limit, condition, deny, revoke or suspend any gaming license. The Commission is also charged with the responsibility of adopting regulations to implement and enforce the State laws governing gaming. When the Gaming Control Board believes discipline against a gaming licensee is appropriate, the Board acts in the prosecutorial capacity, while the Commission acts in the judicial capacity to determine whether any sanctions should be imposed.

License types

While numerous types of licenses and approvals can be granted by the commission, the key gaming licenses are: * the restricted gaming license, which applies to the operation of 15 or fewer gaming devices (and no table games) at a single location. The number of restricted licenses changes monthly, but Clark County has around 2,000 restricted licenses, with a cumulative of about 15,000 slot machines as of 2008; * the nonrestricted gaming license, which is granted for the operation of: #a property having 16 or more slot machines; #a property having any number of slot machines together with any other game, gaming device, race book or sports pool at a single location.

Popular culture

In the 1995 film ''Casino'', the Commission denies a gaming license to Sam Rothstein, a character based on

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and portrayed by Robert De Niro. In actual history the chairman of the Commission at this time was future senator

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. In the 2001

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''Ocean's Eleven'' the NGC has a (fictitious) regulation that requires casinos to hold in reserve enough cash to cover every chip in play on their floor. In the film,

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plays a character who passes himself off as an NGC agent.

List of chairmen

* Miles Nelson Pike, first Chairman, 1959 * Milton Keefer, 1959–1961 * Norman Brown, 1961–1965 * Milton Keefer, 1965–1967 *

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, 1967–1968 *

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, 1968–1973 * Peter Echeverria, 1973–1977 *

, 1977–1981 * Carl Dodge, 1981–1983 *

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, 1983–1987 * John O'Reilly, 1987–1991 * William Curran, 1991–1999 *

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, 1999–2001 *

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, 2001–2014 * Tony Alamo, 2014–2020 * Jennifer Togliatti, 2021–present

Former members

* Sue Wagner, 1997–2009 *

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References

External links

Nevada Gaming Commission & Control Board
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