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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 463.350

Gaming or employment in gaming prohibited for persons under 21; exception

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NRS 463.350  Gaming or employment in gaming prohibited for persons under 21; exception.

      1.  A person under the age of 21 years shall not:

      (a) Play, be allowed to play, place wagers at, or collect winnings from, whether personally or through an agent, any gambling game, slot machine, race book, sports pool or pari-mutuel operator.

      (b) Loiter, or be permitted to loiter, in or about any room or premises wherein any licensed game, race book, sports pool or pari-mutuel wagering is operated or conducted.

      (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, be employed as a gaming employee except in a counting room.

      2.  A person who is of the age of majority as provided in NRS 129.010 may be employed as a gaming employee by a licensed manufacturer or distributor at the business premises of the licensed manufacturer or distributor if the employee:

      (a) Designs, develops, programs, produces or composes a control program or other software, source language or executable code of a gaming device, associated equipment or a gaming support system, subject to peer review and change management procedures adopted by the licensee;

      (b) Fabricates or assembles the components of a gaming device, associated equipment or a gaming support system; or

      (c) Installs, modifies, repairs or maintains a gaming device, associated equipment or a gaming support system.

      3.  Any licensee, employee, dealer or other person who violates or permits the violation of any of the provisions of this section and any person who is under 21 years of age or not eligible to be employed as a gaming employee pursuant to subsection 2 who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      4.  In any prosecution or other proceeding for the violation of any of the provisions of this section, it is no excuse for the licensee, employee, dealer or other person to plead that he or she believed the person to be 21 years old or over or to be eligible to be employed as a gaming employee pursuant to subsection 2.

      [35:429:1955]—(NRS A 1979, 788; 1981, 1088; 1985, 2139; 1989, 489; 1991, 652; 2019, 112)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Flamingo Paradise Gaming, LLC v. Chanos
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Flamingo Paradise Gaming, LLC v. Chanos (2009) nev · cites it 4× “The different treatment, thus, only applies to the main gaming areas, where minors are restricted from loitering pursuant to NRS 463.350. Restricted gaming licensees, however, offer gaming only incidentally to their other primary business, which makes it much more difficult, if…”
Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988) scotus · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev. Stat. § 463.350 (1987) N. H. N.”
Herbst Gaming, Inc. v. Sec'y of State (2006) nev · cites it 2× “, March 17, 2005) (indicating that Nevada has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the country) (testimony of Buffy Martin, representing American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, and Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition).”
Garcia v. Sixth Judicial District Court (2001) nev “368 (statutory sexual seduction); NRS 463.350 (presence of persons under twenty-one years in gaming institutions).”
Morrison v. State (2024) nevapp “368 (sexual assault and statutory sexual seduction), and NRS 463.350 (presence of persons under 21 years in gaming institutions).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 463.350(1)(b) — 1 case
Herbst Gaming, Inc. v. Sec'y of State (2006) nev “, March 17, 2005) (indicating that Nevada has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the country) (testimony of Buffy Martin, representing American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, and Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition).”
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