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Introduction to Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling 2017

Nevada slot machine casino gambling consists of more than the 69 casinos currently existing within the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. In fact, there are 30 other Nevada cities with casinos, including Reno and Lake Tahoe. Additionally, Nevada has two American Indian tribal casinos located in Laughlin and Moapa. Gaming regulations developed by Nevada, both in terms of state employees as well as challenges contributed by lawyers, advisors and academic studies, are seen as the standard for the whole world through its 80 year history. The Nevada casino reputed to consistently have the best slots payout return statistics in Nevada is located in the Las Vegas Valley community of Summerlin at the Rampart Casino. Get My Free Report Revealing... This post continues the weekly blog series "Slot Machine Casino Gambling, State-By-State", a year-long online resource project dedicated to guiding slot machine gambling enthusiasts to success. Keep Reading … or Listen Instead!

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Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling: Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas! Relevant Legal Statutes on Gambling in Nevada*

The minimum legal age for gambling is 21. All casinos are open 24 hours. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission’s gaming regulatory framework has developed a reputation around the globe as the leader through its 80 year history and long standing contributions of legislative and government leaders, gaming commissioners, board members and dedicated employees. This reputation has been greatly enhanced by the contributions of gaming lawyers, accountants, advisors and members of the academic community who have challenged the system with continued new ideas. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission provides a comprehensive online resource for its Gaming Statutes and Regulations, including gaming as well as lotteries, pari-mutuel wagering, and horse racing. Get My Free Report Revealing... *The purpose of this section is to inform the public of state gambling laws and how the laws apply to various forms of gambling. This information is not intended to provide legal advice. Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 3

Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling: Lake Tahoe. Slot Machine Private Ownership in Nevada

It is legal to privately own a slot machine in the state of Nevada, without any legal restrictions regarding its date of manufacture. Gaming Control Board in Nevada

The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission provides monthly statistical information in the form of “Win Percent” on slot machines. Win Percent is also known as the Hold amount, the percentage amount held by casinos and not returned to their gambling patrons. Simply subtract this value from 100% to obtain the more typical Payout Return. The first division of this statistical information is by table games and slot machines. The second division provided is by types of table games and slot machine denominations. The slot machine denominations provided are:

• 1-cent, penny slots Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 4

• 5-cent, nickel slots

• 25-cent, quarter slots

• 1-dollar, dollar slots

• Megabucks

• 5-dollar

• 25-dollar

• 100-dollar

• Multi-denominational

• Other slot machines

• Total slot machines This statistical information is provided each month in a single report providing current-, three-, and twelve-month summaries. This pdf report is provided within the site’s Statistical & Publications under Gaming Revenue Information. These monthly statistical reports start with a state-wide summary, then provides location-specific Win Percent information for the following Districts: 1. Statewide 2. Carson Valley Area 3. Churchill County 4. Clark County 5. Clark County Downtown Las Vegas Area 6. Clark County Las Vegas Strip Area 7. Clark County North Las Vegas Area 8. Clark County Laughlin Area 9. Clark County Boulder Strip Area 10. Clark County Mesquite Area 11. Clark County Balance of County 12. Douglas County South Shore Lake Tahoe Area 13. Elko County Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 5

14. Elko County Wendover Area 15. Elko County Balance of County 16. Humboldt County 17. Lyon County 18. Nye County 19. Washoe County 20. Washoe County Reno Area 21. Washoe County Sparks Area 22. Washoe County North Shore Lake Tahoe Area 23. Washoe County Balance of County 24. White Pine County 25. Balance of Counties The 1955 Legislature created the Nevada Gaming Control Board within the Nevada Tax Commission, whose purpose was to inaugurate a policy to eliminate the undesirable elements in Nevada gaming and to provide regulations for the licensing and the operation of gaming. The primary purpose of the Board is to protect the stability of the gaming industry through investigations, licensing, and enforcement of laws and regulations; to ensure the collection of gaming taxes and fees an essential source of state revenue; and to maintain public confidence in gaming. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission states their Mission to be: “The Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada Gaming Control Board govern Nevada's gaming industry through strict regulation of all persons, locations, practices, associations and related activities. We protect the integrity and stability of the industry through our investigative and licensing practices, and we enforce laws and regulations, while holding gaming licensees to high standards. Through these practices, we are able to ensure the proper collection of taxes and fees that are an essential source of revenue for Nevada.” Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 6

Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling: The Las Vegas Strip. Casinos in Nevada

There are currently 164 casinos in the state of Nevada. The Venetian Las Vegasis the largest casino in Nevada. The second largest casino in Nevada is Red Rock Casino Resort & Spain Las Vegas. In 2020, once it opens, the Nevada casino expected to have the biggest casino floor will be the Resorts World Casino Las Vegaswith 175,000 square feet of gaming space. The Nevada casino reputed to consistently have the best slots payout return statistics in Nevada is located in Downtown Las Vegas at the Rampart Casino. For an alphabetical listing of Nevada casinos, including the district they are located in, please visit the Wikipedia page List of Casinos in Nevada. All current Nevada casinos, listed alphabetically by the city they are located within, follows. Download this list with current URL links, if the specific casino has a website available. Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 7

Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling: Inside a Nevada casino. Amargosa Valley, Nevada (91 miles northwest of Las Vegas)

• Longstreet Inn Casino and RV Resort Battle Mountain, Nevada (215 miles northeast of Reno)

• Owl Club Casino & Restaurant Beatty, Nevada (120 miles northwest of Las Vegas)

• Stagecoach Hotel & Casino Boulder City, Nevada (22 miles southeast of Las Vegas)

• Hoover Dam Lodge Hotel & Casino Get My Free Report Revealing... Carson City, Nevada (32 miles south of Reno)

• Carson Nugget Casino Hotel

• Casino Fandango

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• Max Casino Carson City Elko, Nevada (289 miles northeast of Reno)

• Commercial Casino

• Gold Dust West – Elko

• Red Lion Hotel & Casino

• Stockmen’s Hotel & Casino Ely, Nevada (317 miles east of Reno)

• Hotel Nevada & Gambling Hall Fallon, Nevada (61 miles east of Reno)

• Bonanza Inn & Casino

• Stockman’s Casino Gardnerville, Nevada (45 miles south of Reno)

• Topaz Lodge & Casino Hawthorne, Nevada (138 miles southeast of Reno)

• El Capitan Resort Casino Get My Free Report Revealing... Henderson, Nevada (15 miles southeast of Las Vegas)

• Club Fortune Casino

• Eldorado Casino

• Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel

• Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa Casino

• Jokers Wild Casino

• M Resort Spa Casino

• Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino

• Skyline Hotel & Casino

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Jackpot, Nevada (448 miles north of Las Vegas near state border to Idaho)

• Barton’s Club 93

• Cactus Pete’s Resort Casino

• Horseshu Hotel & Casino Jean, Nevada (22 miles southwest of Las Vegas near state border to California)

• Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall Lake Tahoe, Nevada (58 miles southwest of Reno near state border to California)

• Crystal Bay Club Casino

• Grand Lodge Casino at Hyatt Regency

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe

• Harrah’s Lake Tahoe

• Harveys Resort Hotel Casino – Lake Tahoe

• Lakeside Inn and Casino

• Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa

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• The Alamo Casino

• Aria Resort & Casino

• Arizona Charlie’s – Boulder

• Arizona Charlie’s – Decatur

• Bally’s Las Vegas

• Bellagio

• Binion’s Gambling Hall

• Boulder Station Hotel & Casino

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• California Hotel & Casino

• Royale Hotel & Casino

• Circus Circus Hotel & Casino

• The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

• The Cromwell Las Vegas

• The D Las Vegas

• Downtown Grand Casino

• Eastside Cannery

• El Cortez Hotel & Casino

• Ellis Island Casino & Brewery

• Encore Las Vegas

• Excalibur Hotel Casino

• Flamingo Las Vegas

• Four Queens Hotel Casino

• Fremont Hotel & Casino

• Gold Coast Hotel & Casino

• Golden Gate Hotel & Casino

• The Golden Nugget

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

• Harrah’s Las Vegas

• Hooters Casino Hotel

• The LINQ Hotel & Casino

• Longhorn Casino

• Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino

• Luxor Las Vegas

• Main Street Station Hotel & Casino

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• MGM Grand Hotel Casino

• The Mirage

• Monte Carlo Resort & Casino

• New York – New York Hotel & Casino

• The Orleans Hotel & Casino

• Palace Station Hotel & Casino

• The Palazzo

• The Palms

• Paris Casino Resort

• Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

• Plaza Hotel & Casino

• Rampart Casino

• Red Rock Resort Spa Casino

• Rio Suites Hotel & Casino

• Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall

• Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino

• Silver Sevens Hotel and Casino

• Silverton Casino Hotel Lodge

• Slots-A-Fun Casino

• SLS Hotel & Casino

• South Point Hotel and Casino

• Stratosphere Hotel & Casino

• Suncoast Hotel and Casino

• Treasure Island

• Tropicana Resort & Casino

• Tuscany Suites & Casino

• The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 12

• Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino

• Wild Wild West Casino

• Wynn Las Vegas Get My Free Report Revealing... Laughlin, Nevada (100 miles south of Las Vegas near the state border to Arizona)

• Aquarius Casino Resort

• Avi Resort & Casino (a American Indian tribal Casino)

• Colorado Belle Hotel Casino & Microbrewery

• Don Laughlin’s Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino

• Edgewater Hotel Casino

• Golden Nugget Laughlin

• Harrah’s Laughlin Casino & Resort

• Laughlin River Lodge

• Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall

• Tropicana Laughlin Lovelock, Nevada (92 miles northeast of Reno)

• C Punch Inn & Casino Moapa, Nevada (51 miles northeast of Las Vegas)

• Moapa Tribal Casino (a American Indian tribal casino) Mesquite, Nevada (77 miles northeast of Las Vegas on the state border to Arizona)

• CasaBlanca Hotel Casino Golf Spa

• Eureka Casino & Hotel

• Virgin River Hotel Casino Bingo Minden, Nevada (42 miles south of Reno)

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North Las Vegas, Nevada (5 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip)

• Aliante Casino Hotel & Spa

• Bighorn Casino

• Cannery Hotel & Casino

• Fiesta Rancho Casino Hotel

• Jerry’s Nugget

• Lucky Club Casino

• The Poker Palace

• Silver Nugget

• Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel Pahrump, Nevada (59 miles west of Las Vegas)

• Gold Town Casino

• Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Gambling Hall

• Saddle West Hotel Casino & RV Park Primm, Nevada (25 miles southwest of Las Vegas near the state border to California)

• Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino

• Primm Valley Resort & Casino

• Whiskey Pete’s Hotel & Casino Reno, Nevada (58 miles northeast of Lake Tahoe near the state border to California)

• Atlantis Casino Resort

• Bonanza Casino

• Circus Circus Hotel Casino Reno

• Club Cal-Neva

• Diamond’s Casino

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• Grand Sierra Resort & Casino

• Harrah’s Reno

• Peppermill Hotel Casino Reno

• The Sands Regency Hotel Casino

• Silver Regency Resort Casino Searchlight, Nevada (58 miles south of Las Vegas)

• Terrible’s Road House - Searchlight Get My Free Report Revealing... Sparks, Nevada (1 mile east of Reno)

• Alamo Casino & Travel Center

• Nugget Casino Resort

• Rail City Casino

• Western Village Inn & Casino Verdi, Nevada (4 miles west of Reno near the state border with California)

• Boomtown Hotel & Casino

• Gold Ranch Casino & RV Resort Wells, Nevada (338 miles northeast of Reno)

• Alamo Casino Wells West Wendover, Nevada (363 miles north of Las Vegas near the state border to Utah)

• Montego Bay Casino Resort

• Peppermill Inn & Casino

• Rainbow Hotel Casino

• Red Garter Hotel & Casino

• Wendover Nugget Hotel & Casino Winnemucca, Nevada (164 miles northeast of Reno)

• Model T Hotel Casino RV Park Nevada-Series01-2017 - 2/8/19, 6:51 PM / 15

• Winnemucca Inn & Casino

• Winners Inn Casino Yerington, Nevada (60 miles southeast of Reno)

• Pioneer Crossing Casino

Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling: The starry Nevada night sky. Summary of Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling 2017

Nevada slot machine casino gambling consists of 163 open casinos, with 66 casinos currently existing within the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. There are 31 Nevada cities with casinos, including the relatively large cities of Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe. Additionally, Nevada has two American Indian tribal casinos located in Laughlin and Moapa. Nevada has casinos located in cities near the Nevada state borders to Arizona, California, Idaho, and Utah, including:

• Nevada slot machine casino gambling near the Arizona state border

o Laughlin, Nevada

o Mesquite, Nevada

• Nevada slot machine casino gambling near the near the California state border

o Jean, Nevada

o Lake Tahoe, Nevada

o Primm, Nevada

o Reno, Nevada

o Sparks, Nevada

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• Nevada slot machine casino gambling near the Idaho state border

o Jackpot, Nevada

• Nevada slot machine casino gambling near the Utah state border

o West Wendover, Nevada Gaming regulations developed by Nevada, both in terms of state employees as well as challenges contributed by lawyers, advisors and academic studies, are seen as the standard for the whole world through its 80 year history. The Nevada casino reputed to consistently have the best slots payout return statistics in Nevada is located in the Las Vegas Valley community of Summerlin at the Rampart Casino. Get My Free Report Revealing... Professor Slots Video on Nevada Slot Machine Casino Gambling 2017 https://youtu.be/xQK-yU28KDI Other State-By-State Articles from Professor Slots

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