NRS463.730. License required to operate, manufacture, sell or distribute mobile gaming system or to manufacture equipment associated with mobile gaming; powers and duties of Commission; regulations; conditions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Commission may, with the advice and assistance of the Board, adopt regulations governing the operation of mobile gaming and the licensing of:

      (a) An operator of a mobile gaming system;

      (b) A manufacturer, seller or distributor of a mobile gaming system; and

      (c) A manufacturer of equipment associated with mobile gaming.

      2.  The Commission may not adopt regulations pursuant to this section until the Commission first determines that:

      (a) Mobile gaming systems are secure and reliable, and provide reasonable assurance that players will be of lawful age and communicating only from areas of licensed gaming establishments that have been approved by the Commission for that purpose; and

      (b) Mobile gaming can be operated in a manner which complies with all applicable laws.

      3.  The regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section must:

      (a) Provide that gross revenue received by a licensed gaming establishment or the operator or the manufacturer of a mobile gaming system from the operation of mobile gaming is subject to the same license fee provisions of NRS 463.370 as the other games and gaming devices operated at the licensed gaming establishment.

      (b) Provide that a mobile communications device which displays information relating to the game to a participant in the game as part of a mobile gaming system is subject to the same fees and taxes applicable to slot machines as set forth in NRS 463.375 and 463.385.

      (c) Set forth standards for the security of the computer system and its location, which may be outside a licensed gaming establishment but must be within this State, and for approval of hardware and software used in connection with mobile gaming.

      (d) Define “mobile gaming system,” “operator of a mobile gaming system” and “equipment associated with mobile gaming” as the terms are used in this chapter.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 715; A 2011, 1646)