Nevada Gaming Overhaul

With a new report out that tells how the gaming industry in Nevada can be improved, many are looking to the document to see how they can improve gambling in the state. Gaming Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander says that the board is always open to new ideas as to how they might change the system to make it more fruitful for all.

However, he says, some of the suggestions that the committee came up with go against the premises of Nevada’s Gaming Act and they have to abide by that rule. He said that he agrees that their standards are high, but feels that it is a good thing because it shows that they care and they maintain the public’s confidence in the job that they do.

One of the suggestions was that the slot machines could be put directly on the gaming floor, instead of going to the Gaming Control Board’s testing laboratory first. Neilander says that this is just a bad idea because trying to fix a game already on the floor that may have a problem is not ethical. He says that people will be playing those games and if they aren’t working properly, and then being fixed, they will lose the confidence that the public has in them.

The report claims that there is too big of a hold up waiting for these slot machines to pass regulations, and because it takes so long new technology is being unveiled at tribal casinos because they don’t have the high standards that Nevada has. They say because of this California can bring in slot machine players by having the latest games available first. Neilander says they can work on getting slot machines through faster, but they cannot remove the process all together.

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