Cybersecurity at issue as Gaming Policy Committee discusses Internet gambling. With the state about a month away from granting its first online gambling license, two experts told members of the Gaming Policy Committee on Monday that regulators needed to stay vigilant in their efforts to keep the online gaming environment secure.
One of them hopes to take the security of Nevada’s potential Internet gambling industry to a new level by using grant money to develop a system that not only would protect gamblers’ online transactions but detect and prevent underage players and cheaters from playing. Online security strategist James Elste, principal for INOV8V CyberCQRT, told the advisory committee that his company was one of 27 finalists out of 186 applicants for a federal grant through the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Internet gambling prompts rare meeting of Gaming Policy Committee. Gov.
Brian Sandoval will solicit all viewpoints on Internet gambling — including those of Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson and other critics — to develop policies to manage and regulate the rapidly changing industry that could be headed to the United States someday. Sandoval, presiding over the first meeting of his revamped Gaming Policy Committee on Wednesday, said the 11-member panel’s objective would be to recommend public policy positions and suggest legislation in advance of online gaming approval and to make sure Nevada continues as a global leader in industry regulation and commercial competition.
The 90-minute meeting was primarily a policy review session for the committee, comprising industry leaders, state legislators, regulators and the public. The Gaming Policy Committee is a seldom-used sounding board to discuss issues critical to the industry. The committee was initiated by Gov. More recently, regulators approved gaming with mobile devices in hotel rooms. Online Poker In Nevada Likely In Autumn. Intrastate online poker will likely be available to Nevada residents sometime in the fall of this year, becoming the first state to offer legalized internet poker in the United States, according to Mark Lipparelli, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
“The process from here will see license applicants appearing on our public agendas in May/June,” Lipparelli recently told iGaming Business. “For the successful license applicants, the last step in turning the systems on will be a technical evaluation, and although we’re not certain how long this process will take, it’s plausible, even likely, that you’ll see the first set of systems approved for initial deployment by the fall.” Nevada confident to win race to be first State to offer online poker. The Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Mark Lipparelli, has confirmed in an interview with iGaming Business that online operators with licences and technical systems approved by the state could be up and running for real-money, intra-state online poker before the end of 2012.
Speaking to iGaming Business following the iGaming North America conference in Las Vegas on March 6, Mr Lipparelli detailed the timeline for Nevada’s online gaming application process and also confirmed that the state approval of both license and system will result in the ability to operate without any additional legislation. “The process from here will see licence applicants appearing on our public agendas in May/June. For the successful licence applicants, the last step in turning the systems on will be a technical evaluation, and although we’re not certain how long this process will take, it’s plausible, even likely, that you’ll see the first set of systems approved for initial deployment by the fall.”
Nevada. On Wednesday, Nevada will take another step toward having the nation’s first intrastate Internet poker system.
The state Gaming Control Board is set to meet in Carson City to possibly take action on a new set of regulatory drafts for the industry. A bill that was signed into law in June mandates the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations by the end of January 2012 — making February the earliest possible time a real-money poker site could be operational. New versions of six separate regulations were publicly released to the Control Board’s website, with few changes. At the last Control Board hearing in November, Chairman Mark Lipparelli said the last batch needed “clarity.” Is Nevada still the national leader in gaming regulation? By the end of this week, Nevada is expected to be the first state in the nation to have regulations in place for Internet poker play.
It’s historic. It’s indicative of the state’s leadership role in the gaming industry. And some say it will be a big step toward bringing new technology companies to the state. Of course, it would be much more meaningful if online poker play weren’t against the law in the United States. Federal law enforcement officers haven’t been picking on players who participate in online card games.
Nevada and other states are gearing up to regulate it only if and when federal lawmakers approve legislation removing those barriers. Nevada gaming adopts online gaming regulations. Five Gaming Companies Apply to Participate in a Nevada Online Poker System. Five gaming entities have already applied for a license to do business in a Nevada-based Internet poker system that would offer the game to residents. 888 Holdings, International Game Technology, Bally Technologies and Cantor Gaming have submitted paper work to regulators, according to public records Card Player received from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
South Point Poker has applied to be licensed, but has not turned in a formal application yet, according to a source at the Control Board. Gibraltar-based online poker operator 888 Holdings filed as a publicly traded corporation called 888 US Limited. The company is seeking to exist as a manufacturer, distributor and service provider in Nevada. Service providers will be in charge of maintaining and running the web poker software for a licensed operator. Las Vegas-based IGT sent an application to the Control Board to function as a manufacturer and service provider. South Point Casino. Nevada identifies five applicants. December 2, 2011 Nevada has identified five companies that have applied for licenses to operate when the state’s online poker market opens.
CardPlayer received public records from the Nevada Gaming Control Board that identified 888 Holdings, International Game Technology (IGT), Bally Technologies, Cantor Gaming and South Point Poker as firms that have applied. All five are aiming to crack the state’s market with the vast majority applying in a similar way. 888 US Ltd is going for title of the grand daddy of them all by applying to have the manufacturer, distributor and service provider hats made up for them. IGT is aiming to be a manufacturer and service provider, with the acquisition of Swedish-based Entraction likely to help with the cause. Service providers, of which all but one have applied as, are in charge of maintaining and running the poker software that will be the lifeblood of any system that eventually comes into being. Nevada has head start as states react to federal gambling decision - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health.
Nevada Sets Framework for Internet Poker. A Look at the Nevada Gaming Commission's Online Poker Regulations. Nevada Online Poker: Extension of Credit to Players? Allowing wealthy gamblers to play on casino credit is a common business practice among some of Nevada’s Strip casinos.
For some high rollers, signing a marker — or casino I.O.U. — is much easier than carrying around enormous sums of cash. According to an article by Dr. David Schwartz, Director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, it was once estimated that as much as 15 percent of all money wagered in Nevada is on credit. This means, millions in gaming revenue are generated from the practice. Nevada Internet Poker Q & A: UNLV's David Schwartz. David Schwartz Nevada gaming regulators are currently in the process of adopting regulations for an intrastate online poker industry.
Regulations must be in place by Feb. 1, 2012, which would put licensing on the horizon for companies looking to enter the business. Card Player caught up with Dr. Nevada News Bureau » Blog Archive » Gaming Policy Committee Appointments Made, First Meeting Set For Mid-February. CARSON CITY – A panel of key gaming figures and state officials will begin meeting next month to consider the impact of Internet gaming and other technological advances on Nevada’s major industry. Gov. Brian Sandoval. / Nevada News Bureau file photo. Mark Lipparelli On Nevada's Online Transformation.