{"id":517,"date":"2025-05-24T15:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:09:32","slug":"nevada-about-to-stiffen-penalties-for-illegal-gambling-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/nevada-about-to-stiffen-penalties-for-illegal-gambling-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada About to Stiffen Penalties for Illegal Gambling Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada is about to pass a law giving it greater power to combat illegal gambling operations, both land-based and online.<\/p>\n

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Nevada is upping its game against illegal gaming. (Image: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senate Bill (SB) 256, introduced by State Sen. Rochelle Nguyen (D-Las Vegas) in February, passed the Nevada Assembly by a 42-0 vote on Thursday, six weeks after passing the State Senate 20-0.<\/p>\n

Once signed into law, the bill will strengthen the Silver State’s powers to prosecute operators of unauthorized in-person gambling facilities and online casinos, and significantly stiffen the penalties beyond the $50K fine that illegal operators currently face.<\/p>\n

SB 256’s provisions include:<\/p>\n

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  1. allowing Nevada to prosecute unlicensed operators even if they are out of state, as long as they accept bets from people in Nevada<\/li>\n
  2. forcing illegal gamblers to forfeit all earnings back to the state, which would redirect it to its general fund<\/li>\n
  3. upgrading some gambling offenses from misdemeanors to felonies carrying up to 10 years in prison<\/li>\n
  4. significantly stiffening penalties for running illegal offshore gambling sites, including (though not explicitly stated) so-called \u201csweepstakes casinos”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cThis is a crucial issue that affects not only the credibility of our gaming regulations but also consumer protections and state revenues,\u201d said Nevada Janice Wong, the legislative intern for the bill\u2019s author, Sen. Rochelle Nguyen (D-Las Vegas), during a hearing on the bill in March.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWith the rise of online gaming apps, we\u2019ve seen an increasing number of unlicensed platforms operating in the shadows accepting illegal wagers, engaging in fraudulent practices, and profiting outside the bounds of our regulatory framework,\u201d Wong said. \u201cThese bad actors not only undermine our legal gaming industry but also put our consumers at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Illegal online casinos accepted more than $400 billion in wagers in 2024, according to the American Gaming Association, which cost licensed US gaming operators more than $17 billion in lost revenue.<\/p>\n

    One More Teeny Hurdle<\/h2>\n

    Because the Nevada Assembly amended the bill before passing it, SB 256 must now go back to the State Senate for concurrence before being sent to Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo\u2019s desk to be signed into law.<\/p>\n

    However, the Assembly\u2019s only amendment was to add Assemblymember Brittney Miller\u2019s name as the bill\u2019s co-sponsor, a move unlikely to face any resistance in the Senate.<\/p>\n

    The bill has strong support from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers and the Nevada Resort Association.<\/p>\n

    The post Nevada About to Stiffen Penalties for Illegal Gambling Operators<\/a> appeared first on Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Nevada is about to pass a law giving it greater power to combat illegal gambling operations, both land-based and online. Nevada is upping its game against illegal gaming. (Image: Shutterstock) Senate Bill (SB) 256, introduced by State Sen. Rochelle Nguyen (D-Las Vegas) in February, passed the Nevada Assembly by a 42-0 vote on Thursday, six weeks after passing the State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}