Scoundrel’s Pub on Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas will surrender its gaming license due to gang-related shootings and other crime, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett told the newspaper it would be the first time in years that a gaming operator lost its gaming license in Nevada, although CG Technology came close when it underpaid bettors on wins, but agreed to a settlement to keep its gaming license.
Since 2005, Scoundrels Pub has had a restricted gaming license, which allows it to offer slots as incidental to its primary business.
Six gang-related shootings at the pub from 2009 through last year, plus more than 100 police responses for violence at the pub, spurred the Gaming Commission to revoke the pub’s gaming license.
Scoundrels owner John Zderic will not admit or deny the allegations, but is agree to give up the gaming license and pay an unspecified fine to settle the issue, the Review-Journal reported. The Gaming Commission said Zderic did not “exercise a proper level of control over the business’s operation at the location” and “permitted dangerous conditions to exist, putting the safety of the public, its employees, and its patrons at risk.”
The pub since has closed, and an attorney representing Zderic says the pub was located in a high-crime area, and Zderic could do nothing to improve safety.
