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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 465.080 (2026)

Possession, use, sale or manufacture of counterfeit, unapproved or unlawful instruments or items; possession of certain unlawful devices or paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs

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NRS 465.080  Possession, use, sale or manufacture of counterfeit, unapproved or unlawful instruments or items; possession of certain unlawful devices or paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs.

      1.  It is unlawful for any licensee, employee or other person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in furtherance of his or her employment within an establishment, to possess, use, sell or manufacture counterfeit chips, counterfeit debit instruments or other counterfeit wagering instruments in a gambling game, associated equipment or a cashless wagering system.

      2.  It is unlawful for any licensee, employee or other person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in furtherance of his or her employment within an establishment, to possess, use, sell or manufacture any counterfeit instruments, counterfeit tickets or other counterfeit items that are used to determine the outcome of any contest or promotional activity conducted by or on behalf of any licensee.

      3.  It is unlawful for any person, in playing or using any gambling game, associated equipment or cashless wagering system designed to be played with, receive or be operated by chips, tokens, wagering credits or other wagering instruments approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board or by lawful coin of the United States of America:

      (a) Knowingly to use other than chips, tokens, wagering credits or other wagering instruments approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board or lawful coin, legal tender of the United States of America, or to use coin or tokens not of the same denomination as the coin or tokens intended to be used in that gambling game, associated equipment or cashless wagering system; or

      (b) To use any device or means to violate the provisions of this chapter.

      4.  It is unlawful for any person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in furtherance of such employment within an establishment, to have on his or her person or in his or her possession on or off the premises of any licensed gaming establishment any device intended to be used to violate the provisions of this chapter.

      5.  It is unlawful for any person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in furtherance of such employment within an establishment, to have on his or her person or in his or her possession on or off the premises of any licensed gaming establishment any key or device known to have been designed for the purpose of and suitable for opening, entering or affecting the operation of any gambling game, cashless wagering system or drop box, or any electronic or mechanical device connected thereto, or for removing money or other contents therefrom.

      6.  It is unlawful for any person, not a duly authorized employee of a licensee acting in furtherance of such employment within an establishment, to have on his or her person or in his or her possession any paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs. As used in this subsection, “paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs” means the equipment, products and materials that are intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, producing, fabricating, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, storing or concealing a counterfeit facsimile of the chips, tokens, debit instruments or other wagering instruments approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board or a lawful coin of the United States, the use of which is unlawful pursuant to subsection 3. The term includes, but is not limited to:

      (a) Lead or lead alloys;

      (b) Molds, forms or similar equipment capable of producing a likeness of a gaming token or United States coin;

      (c) Melting pots or other receptacles;

      (d) Torches;

      (e) Tongs, trimming tools or other similar equipment; and

      (f) Equipment which can be reasonably demonstrated to manufacture facsimiles of debit instruments or wagering instruments approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

      7.  Possession of more than one of the devices, equipment, products or materials described in this section permits a rebuttable inference that the possessor intended to use them for cheating.

      [1:239:1951; A 1955, 13] + [2:239:1951]—(NRS A 1965, 1467; 1967, 588; 1973, 445; 1977, 475; 1979, 1477; 1981, 1293; 1989, 971; 1991, 939; 1993, 830; 1995, 1502; 2007, 1120)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases, 1958–1994 · leading case: Laney v. State, 466 P.2d 666 (Nev. 1970).
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Laney v. State, 466 P.2d 666 (Nev. 1970). · cites it 7× “Laney immediately struck the second employee, in the jaw, and started to leave the club but was apprehended before he could escape. The appellants contend that there was insufficient evidence to support a finding on any of the essential elements of the crime charged; that NRS…”
El Dorado Hotel, Inc. v. Brown, 691 P.2d 436 (Nev. 1984). · cites it 4× “Under these facts, the El Dorado was not, as a matter of law, liable for false arrest. Furthermore, the evidence indicates that Brown's arrest was made after a determination by Deck that probable cause existed for an arrest under NRS 465.”
Jacobson v. State, 510 P.2d 856 (Nev. 1973). · cites it 9× “4 Subject to limitations therein specified, that statute gives a gaming licensee or his agents the right to take any individual suspected of cheating *205 (NRS 465.080) into custody, detain him in the establishment and question him.”
Fernandez v. State, 402 P.2d 38 (Nev. 1965). · cites it 3× “: Appellant was arrested at Poor Pete’s Casino in Reno, Nevada, and charged with possession of a cheating device in violation of NRS 465.080. 1 He had been observed by at least one witness sticking “something” into a slot machine on January 15, 1964 in the same manner and in the…”
Sheriff v. Miller, 569 P.2d 401 (Nev. 1977). · cites it 4× “OPINION Per Curiam: In separate cases, which have been consolidated on appeal, *510 respondents Miller and Stubbs were charged by criminal complaint with cheating at gambling and possession of a cheating device, felony violations of NRS 465.080. 1 Preliminary examinations were…”
Lane v. Torvinen, 624 P.2d 1385 (Nev. 1981). “070, and unlawful use of gaming cards, NRS 465.080. Counts II and IV charge conspiracy, NRS 199.”
Keefe v. Sheriff, 560 P.2d 913 (Nev. 1977). · cites it 3× “*110 OPINION Per Curiam: A multiple count indictment, filed pursuant to a True Bill by the Washoe County Grand Jury, charged John Joseph Keefe, among others, with (1) aiding and abetting in the possession of a cheating device (NRS 465.080; NRS 195.020); (2) aiding and abetting…”
Sheriff v. Lyons, 607 P.2d 590 (Nev. 1980). · cites it 2× “*299 OPINION Per Curiam: By way of information, respondent was charged with possession of a cheating device, a violation of NRS 465.080. 1 Thereafter, respondent petitioned the district court for a pre-trial writ of habeas corpus on the ground that there was insufficient…”
Graham v. State, 467 P.2d 1016 (Nev. 1970). · cites it 2× “NRS 465.080. 1 1. The Facts. The crime took place on November 21, 1968, in the Carson City Nugget.”
Ton v. State, 878 P.2d 986 (Nev. 1994). “NRS 465.080(2). The district court sentenced appellant to serve a term of five years in the Nevada State Prison.”
United States v. Vaccaro, 602 F. Supp. 1132 (D. Nev. 1985). “070, 4 NRS 465.080, 5 NRS 465.083. 6 The Travel Act on its face clearly covers the activity charged in this case.”
Stokes v. State, 357 P.2d 851 (Nev. 1960). · cites it 4× “: This appeal calls for a construction of NRS 465.080 making it a gross misdemeanor to use various cheating devices in playing certain gambling games, slot machines, etc.”
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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 465.080(2) — 2 cases
Ton v. State, 878 P.2d 986 (Nev. 1994). “NRS 465.080(2). The district court sentenced appellant to serve a term of five years in the Nevada State Prison.”
Hunt v. State, 612 P.2d 683 (Nev. 1980).
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 465.080(3) — 1 case
Sheriff v. Lyons, 607 P.2d 590 (Nev. 1980). “*299 OPINION Per Curiam: By way of information, respondent was charged with possession of a cheating device, a violation of NRS 465.080. 1 Thereafter, respondent petitioned the district court for a pre-trial writ of habeas corpus on the ground that there was insufficient…”
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