Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 | 10:02 a.m.
CARSON CITY – Tucked away in one paragraph of his 22-page State of the State address, non-gambler Gov. Brian Sandoval is calling for a modernization of regulations over the casino industry.
Sandoval says Nevada must remain the “undisputed leader in the gaming economy.” Some regulations have been on the books since the 1970s and don't include technology and innovations developed since then, he said.
Mark Lipparelli, chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, said the state must “streamline” the process to deal with technology that has evolved.
For instance, he said some existing regulations make it impossible to test the software, technology and new machines that become available. As technology has advanced, he said the regulations failed to keep pace.
“Twenty-first century demands mandate that we provide a flexible environment for the technological resources that are the underpinning of modern gaming devices,” the governor said in his speech.
Sandoval served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission starting in 1971. Before that he would bet on an occasional football game but hasn’t gambled since, he has said.
He has directed the control board and the Nevada Gaming Commission “to immediately begin to process statutory and regulatory changes that sensibly reflect the modernization of the industry.”
This is in line with his previous directive to state agencies to look at regulations to see if they are outdated and whether there hundreds of state boards and commissions could be eliminated.
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