The Las Vegas City Council once put off a decision on a gaming license for Dotty’s, instead opting to delay a vote on its application until November 18.
The delay came after city council members voted six separate times before agreeing to table the decision until at least its next meeting. A vote denying a permanent gaming license for a Dotty’s location at the intersection of Hualapai and West Sahara Avenue failed by one vote, and so did motion to give Dotty’s a six-month license.
The council did approve a motion allowing Dotty’s to operate seven slot machines at that location, which Dotty’s lobbyists opposed, due to Dotty’s having more than double that number at each of its more than 100 gaming locations in Nevada.
To abide by state and local laws, non-casino gaming revenues at restaurants, bars, and convenience stores must be incidental to their respective operations and not their primary source of income.
Critics over the years have argued Dotty’s in fact is a gaming operation that pretends to primarily be a bar or restaurant in order to circumvent state and local laws and open gaming operations much closer to residential neighborhoods.
Although Dotty’s does serve food and drinks, most its revenue comes from its slot operations, which critics liken to slots parlors, rather than the bars and restaurants that Dotty’s represents them to be.
Unable to reach a final decision after the first five attempts, the council approved tabling it until its next meeting.
