Title 41

NRS 463.0134 “Applicant” defined. “Applicant” means any person who has applied for or is about to apply for a state gaming license, manufacturer’s license, distributor’s license, registration or finding of suitability under the provisions of this chapter, a finding of suitability…

NRS 463.0135 “Application” defined. “Application” means a request for the issuance of a state gaming license, manufacturer’s, seller’s or distributor’s license, registration or finding of suitability under the provisions of this chapter, for a finding of suitability regarding the…

NRS 463.0136 “Associated equipment” defined. “Associated equipment” means any equipment or mechanical or electronic contrivance, component or machine used remotely or directly in connection with gaming, any game, race book or sports pool that would not otherwise be classified as …

NRS 463.01365 “Banking game” defined. “Banking game” means any gambling game in which players compete against the licensed gaming establishment rather than against one another. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3497)

NRS 463.0137 “Board” defined. “Board” means the Nevada Gaming Control Board as established by this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1038; A 2015, 1367)

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 …

NRS 463.01395 “Cash access and wagering instrument service provider” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 325, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 2138.)

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 ea…

NRS 463.0141 “Chair” defined. “Chair” means the Chair and Executive Director of the Nevada Gaming Control Board or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1971, 765)

NRS 463.0142 “Charitable lottery” defined. “Charitable lottery” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 462.064. (Added to NRS by 1991, 2263)

NRS 463.0143 “City” defined. “City” includes an unincorporated town. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1983, 140)

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 …

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…

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…

NRS 463.0145 “Commission” defined. “Commission” means the Nevada Gaming Commission. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)

NRS 463.0146 “Commissioner” defined. “Commissioner” means a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)

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)

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 interac…

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 intentio…

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 us…

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 cred…

NRS 463.01469 “Debit instrument” defined. “Debit instrument” means a card, code or other device with which a person may initiate an electronic transfer of money to a game or gaming device. (Added to NRS by 1995, 1495)

NRS 463.0147 “Disseminator” defined. Repealed. (See chapter 181, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1147.)

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 ta…

NRS 463.0148 “Establishment” defined. “Establishment” means any premises wherein or whereon any gaming is done. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)

NRS 463.015 “Executive Director” defined. “Executive Director” means the Chair and Executive Director of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. (Added to NRS by 1971, 764)

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 ge…

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)

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, w…

NRS 463.0157 “Gaming employee” defined. 1. “Gaming employee” means any employee, temporary employee or other representative of an operator of a slot route, the operator of a pari-mutuel system, the operator of an inter-casino linked system or a manufacturer, distributor or dissem…

NRS 463.0158 “Gaming enterprise district” defined. “Gaming enterprise district” means an area that has been approved by a county, city or town as suitable for operating an establishment that has been issued a nonrestricted license. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1391)

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 b…

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 th…

NRS 463.0161 “Gross revenue” defined. 1. “Gross revenue” means the total of all: (a) Cash received as winnings; (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (g) of subsection 2, cash received as entry fees for the right to participate in contests and tournaments; (c) Cash receiv…

NRS 463.0163 “Hearing examiner” defined. “Hearing examiner” means a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board or Nevada Gaming Commission or other person authorized by the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission to conduct investigati…

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 …

NRS 463.01642 “Information service” defined. 1. “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. 2. The term includes, without limitation, a person who sell…

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 …

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 c…

NRS 463.01643 “Inter-casino linked system” defined. “Inter-casino linked system” means a network of electronically interfaced similar games which are located at two or more licensed gaming establishments that are linked to conduct gaming activities, contests or tournaments. (Adde…

NRS 463.0165 “License” defined. “License” means a gaming license or a manufacturer’s or distributor’s license. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1599; A 1991, 1838; 1993, 309; 2025, 1139)

NRS 463.0167 “License fees” defined. “License fees” means any money required by law to be paid to obtain or renew a gaming license or manufacturer’s or distributor’s license. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1967, 1599; 1993, 309; 2025, 1139)

NRS 463.0169 “Licensed gaming establishment” defined. “Licensed gaming establishment” means any premises licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter wherein or whereon gaming is done. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)

NRS 463.0171 “Licensee” defined. “Licensee” means any person to whom a valid gaming license or a manufacturer’s or distributor’s license has been issued. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1967, 1599; 1993, 309; 2025, 1139)

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…

NRS 463.0172 “Manufacturer” defined. “Manufacturer” means a person who operates, carries on, conducts or maintains any form of manufacture. (Added to NRS by 1993, 829; A 2001, 3080; 2005, 717; 2009, 276)