Restricted licenses are typically approved for taverns, bars, or convenience stores. In Nevada, gaming establishments are licensed as either a restricted or nonrestricted license.
Without the exception, a casino would be required to have a resort hotel that includes at least 200 rooms, a bar, and a 24-hour restaurant.
614 (1993), that attorneys may find interesting when they are representing clients that are looking to purchase or sell certain nonrestricted gaming establishments. It is this grandfathering provision, tucked away in the revisor’s notes of Senate Bill No. NRS 463.1605 requires a new nonrestricted casino in counties with a population of 100,000 or more to have “resort hotels” unless the establishment meets certain criteria that would grant a “grandfathered” exception. However, in counties like Clark and Washoe, there is a group of casinos that has been around before the law was enacted that are now highly coveted establishments. Nevada law generally requires casinos to be a part of a resort hotel.
Residents have also seen convenience stores and supermarkets that have a few slot machines. These large hotel casinos can have expansive gaming floors, thousands of hotel rooms, conference rooms, and showrooms. Residents and visitors of Las Vegas may have seen mega resorts like those on the Strip.
