NRS463.0155. “Gaming device” defined.  


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  •   “Gaming device” means any object used remotely or directly in connection with gaming or any game which affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss and which does not otherwise constitute associated equipment. The term includes, without limitation:

          1.  A slot machine.

          2.  A collection of two or more of the following components:

          (a) An assembled electronic circuit which cannot be reasonably demonstrated to have any use other than in a slot machine;

          (b) A cabinet with electrical wiring and provisions for mounting a coin, token or currency acceptor and provisions for mounting a dispenser of coins, tokens or anything of value;

          (c) An assembled mechanical or electromechanical display unit intended for use in gambling; or

          (d) An assembled mechanical or electromechanical unit which cannot be demonstrated to have any use other than in a slot machine.

          3.  Any object which may be connected to or used with a slot machine to alter the normal criteria of random selection or affect the outcome of a game.

          4.  A system for the accounting or management of any game in which the result of the wager is determined electronically by using any combination of hardware or software for computers.

          5.  A control program.

          6.  Any combination of one of the components set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 2 and any other component which the Commission determines by regulation to be a machine used directly or remotely in connection with gaming or any game which affects the results of a wager by determining a win or loss.

          7.  Any object that has been determined to be a gaming device pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission.

    Ê As used in this section, “control program” means any software, source language or executable code which affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss as determined pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1039; A 1981, 1074; 1985, 2135; 1993, 307; 2009, 274; 2011, 1642)