Senate Bill No. 101–Senators Neal and Wiener

 

February 12, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Authorizes facility that provides social or recreational activities for senior citizens to conduct bingo under certain circumstances. (BDR 41‑330)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to gaming; authorizing a facility that provides social or recreational activities for senior citizens to conduct bingo under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1.  NRS 463.0152 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    463.0152  [“Game”]

1-3    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “game” or

1-4  “gambling game” means any game played with cards, dice, equipment or

1-5  any mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device or machine for

1-6  money, property, checks, credit or any representative of value, including,

1-7  without [limiting the generality of the foregoing,] limitation, faro, monte,

1-8  roulette, keno, bingo, fan-tan, twenty-one, blackjack, seven-and-a-half, big

1-9  injun, klondike, craps, poker, chuck-a-luck, Chinese chuck-a-luck (dai

1-10  shu), wheel of fortune, chemin de fer, baccarat, pai gow, beat the banker,

1-11  panguingui, slot machine, any banking or percentage game , or any other

1-12  game or device approved by the commission . [, but]

1-13    2.  “Game” or “gambling game” does not include [games] :

1-14    (a) Games played with cards in private homes or residences in which no

1-15  person makes money for operating the game, except as a player . [, or

1-16  games]

1-17    (b) Bingo played in a facility that provides social or recreational

1-18  programs or activities for senior citizens in which no person makes

1-19  money for operating the game, except as a player.

1-20    (c) Games operated by charitable or educational organizations which

1-21  are approved by the board pursuant to the provisions of NRS 463.409.

 

 


2-1    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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