Assembly Bill No. 466
The text below is courtesy of the Interactive Gaming Institute of Nevada and is a summary of Bill 466.
Definitions:
"Interactive gaming" means the conduct of gambling games through the use of communications technology that allows a person, utilizing money, checks, electronic checks, electronic transfers of money, credit cards, debit cards or any other instrumentality, to transmit to a computer information to assist in the placing of a bet or wager
"Communications technology" means any method used and the components employed by an establishment to facilitate the transmission of information, including, without limitation, transmission and reception by systems based on wire, cable, radio, microwave, light, optics or computer data networks, including, without limitation, the Internet and intranets.
Commission:
The commission may, with the advice and assistance of the board, adopt regulations governing the licensing and operation of interactive gaming.
Courtesy of the Interactive Gaming Institute of Nevada
The commission must first determine that:
(a) Interactive gaming can be operated in compliance with all applicable laws;
Licenses:
(b) Interactive gaming systems are secure and reliable, and provide reasonable assurance that players will be of lawful age and communicating only from jurisdictions where it is lawful to make such communications; and
(c) Such regulations are consistent with the public policy of the state to foster the stability and success of gaming.
The regulations adopted by the commission must:
Fees:
(1) A license to operate interactive gaming;
(2) A license for a manufacturer of interactive gaming systems;
(3) A license for a manufacturer of equipment associated with interactive gaming.
Other:
(a) One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for a license for a manufacturer of interactive gaming systems;
(b) Fifty thousand dollars for a license for a manufacturer of equipment associated with interactive gaming. Each license issued pursuant to this section must be issued for a 1 year period that begins on the date the license is issued.