Title 41

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 Repealed.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)

NRS 463.0173 “Manufacturer’s, seller’s or distributor’s license” defined. “Manufacturer’s, seller’s or distributor’s license” means a license issued pursuant to NRS 463.650. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1600; A 2017, 360)

NRS 463.0175 “Member,” “Board member” and “Commission member” defined. “Member” or “Board member” or “Commission member” means a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board or a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)

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 ma…

NRS 463.0178 “Operate interactive gaming” defined. “Operate interactive gaming” means to operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play interactive gaming. (Added to NRS by 2013, 4)

NRS 463.0179 “Operation” defined. “Operation” means the conduct of gaming. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039)

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 th…

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 jud…

NRS 463.0182 “Periodic payments” defined. “Periodic payments” means a series of payments that are disbursed at least annually to remit payouts on winning wagers to a patron. (Added to NRS by 1995, 756)

NRS 463.0185 “Quarter” and “calendar quarter” defined. “Quarter” or “calendar quarter” means a period of 3 consecutive months commencing on the 1st day of January, April, July or October in any year. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1040)

NRS 463.01855 “Race book” defined. “Race book” means the business of accepting wagers upon the outcome of any event held at a track which uses the pari-mutuel system of wagering. (Added to NRS by 1985, 2133)

NRS 463.01858 “Registered as a gaming employee” defined. “Registered as a gaming employee” means authorized to be employed as a gaming employee in this State. (Added to NRS by 2003, 20th Special Session, 2; A 2007, 1103)

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 regulati…

NRS 463.01862 “Representative of value” defined. “Representative of value” means any instrumentality used by a patron in a game whether or not the instrumentality may be redeemed for cash. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3497)

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 7…

NRS 463.0187 “Respondent” defined. “Respondent” means any licensee or other person against whom the Board has filed a complaint with the Commission. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1040)

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 …

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 w…

NRS 463.0193 “Sports pool” defined. “Sports pool” means the business of accepting wagers on sporting events or other events by any system or method of wagering. (Added to NRS by 1975, 673; A 1997, 3500; 2009, 2429)

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…