Nevada amendments greenlight online poker compacts
Governor Sandoval permitted to enter into agreements with other jurisdictions with approval of NGC
Nevada has moved one step closer to entering into compacts with other US states with the approval of amendments to Assembly Bill 360.
Governor Brian Sandoval (pictured) is now permitted – on behalf of the state of Nevada – to “Enter into agreements [with other] governments” of licensed jurisdictions to allow for shared egaming services.
The amendments replace references to ‘states’ with references to ‘jurisdiction’, suggesting the potential for Nevada to enter into compacts with egaming jurisdictions outside the United States. All agreements are required to include “provisions for any potential arrangement for the sharing of revenues by this State and a government.”
Governor Sandoval revealed last month that Nevada had entered into “early stage” discussions with other states with a view to potentially pooling liquidity for online poker. Nevada became the first state to take a real-money regulated US poker bet when Ultimate Poker went live earlier this year.
Nevada’s proposals require the governments of other jurisdictions entering into such compacts to “prohibit” the involvement of any egaming operator or supplier which is not “licensed or found suitable”. Several egaming businesses have already been awarded a licence in Nevada, with Aristocrat and GambleID among the most recent.