After a few weeks of proposals and hearings, the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) April 20 approved two sets of existing regulations that may be changed or removed altogether in future months.
Commissioners identified a total of 24 regulations that could be affected; eight of them are primed for potential modification, with the remaining 16 tagged for elimination.
The regulations in question were compiled by Jose Torres and Tiffany Breinig, senior research specialist and deputy attorney general for the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), respectively.
Torres told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that because the regulations have been approved for consideration, the NGC and NGCB can now hold hearings and workshops about the fate of the specific regulations down the line.
The ruling allows the NGC and NCGB to fall in line with the directive issued by Governor Joe Lombardo in January for all state agencies to recommend at least 10 outdated regulations for modification or elimination by May 1.
The vast majority of the potential changes will have little to no effect on consumers, as they mostly have to do with equipment licensing, casino operations, parimutuel betting, accounting and other behind-the-scenes matters.
In related news, the recent hearing was also the final meeting for Commissioner Steven Cohen, who announced that he will not seek reappointment after his term expires at month’s end. Cohen was first appointed to the NCG in 2019.
Governor Lombardo will now be tasked with appointing a new commissioner to fill out the five-person board, which is arguably the most influential gaming regulatory body in the U.S. Lombardo already appointed Brian Krolicki, former Nevada state treasurer and lieutenant governor, to the NGC back in January.
