The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) will consider proposed revisions to 10 technical standards for gaming devices and associated equipment at its Oct. 7 meeting, as the regulator works to modernize and consolidate the state’s technical framework.
The proposed changes cover areas including slot systems, cashless wagering accounts, race and sportsbooks and digital pari-mutuel systems. Interested parties can submit comments through Oct. 5, after the board notified licensees about the revisions and meeting on Sept. 4.
The scope of the changes varies. Proposed revisions to Standard 9, covering digital pari-mutuel systems, mainly involve small additions, while Standard 3 on slot metering systems includes entire sections being added and removed.
Jeremy Eberwein, chief of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Technology Division, told to iGB that the board had prioritized completing the revisions and opening them for comment.
“We finally got to a point where we said, you know what, let’s drop all our other efforts right now and get these over the finish line and get them up for comment so that we can make sure that we’re current with things,” Eberwein said.
Much of the work involved compiling and codifying technical information in one place, including requirements previously contained in the state’s Minimum Internal Control Standards. The goal is to give licensees one definitive source for technical information.
The overhaul has been years in the making, with drafts dating back at least a decade.
“We had various iterations of the drafts internally probably going back at least a decade, and just never made it to the finish line for various reasons,” Eberwein said.
The proposals are considered more or less finalized, although stakeholder feedback and potential objections from the Nevada Gaming Commission could lead to changes. Depending on the feedback, the new standards could be adopted and published by the end of the year.
The technical revisions form part of a broader modernization effort under Nevada Gaming Control Board Chair Mike Dreitzer, who took over in June. Since the start of 2025, the board has also issued five multimillion-dollar anti-money laundering fines to entities on the Las Vegas Strip.
Four investigations involving Resorts World Las Vegas, MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and the Venetian centered on AML violations related to illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer. Wynn Las Vegas separately forfeited $130 million to the federal government over proxy betting violations.
Dreitzer’s partial term runs through January 2027, and he has said he would be interested in a full four-year term.
“When I started here, I had multiple conversations with various licensees who operate across multiple jurisdictions, and the consistent commentary I heard was that they would go to Nevada last, if not never at all, because there was concern about the time it would take, the lack of regulatory consistency, the lack of clarity,” Dreitzer said to iGB in January.
“So when I came in, in view of the mandate from the governor and the work began by Chair Hendrick, I felt I needed to do something.”