The Nevada Gaming Control Board, also known as the State Gaming Control Board, is a Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 state governmental agency involved in the regulation of gaming

Gaming Control Board

A gaming control board , also called by various names including gambling control board, casino control board, gambling board, and gaming commission) is a government agency charged with regulating casino and other types of gaming in a defined geographical area, usually a state, and of enforcing...

 throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Commission

Nevada Gaming Commission

The Nevada Gaming Commission is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. It was founded in 1959 by the Nevada Legislature....

. It was founded in 1955 by the Nevada Legislature

Nevada Legislature

The Nevada Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Legislature is a bicameral body, consisting of the lower house Nevada Assembly, with 42 members, and the upper house Nevada Senate, with 21 members. All 63 members of the Legislature are elected from an equal amount of...

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The board is composed of three members appointed by the governor. Board members serve for four years in a full time capacity.

Divisions

• Administration Division
• Audit Division
• Corporate Securities Division
• Enforcement Division
• Investigations Division
• Tax and License Division
• Technology Division

Gaming Revenues and Collections

The control board reports monthly gaming revenues and collections by established areas:

• Clark County
  Clark County, Nevada
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...
  
  
  • LV Strip
    LV Strip (Nevada gaming area)
    The LV Strip is one of the designated Nevada Gaming Control Boards reporting areas. It consists of the Las Vegas Strip casinos and many of the surrounding casinos...
    
    
  • Downtown
  • North Las Vegas
  • Laughlin
    Laughlin (Nevada gaming area)
    The American Gaming Association lists Laughlin as #17 out of the top 20 US Casino Markets by annual revenue, right behind Downtown. The Nevada Gaming Commission revenue as listed in the annual gaming abstract for fiscal year 2008 . Equivalent figures for Downtown are shown for comparison. Licenses...
    
    
  • Boulder Strip
    Boulder Strip (Nevada gaming area)
    The Boulder Strip gaming market is a division used by the Nevada Gaming Commission for a segment of the casino industry in Las Vegas Nevada. The region is named for the Boulder Highway which is the dominant highway in the region....
    
    
  • Mesquite
  • Balance of County
• Washoe County
  Washoe County, Nevada
  Washoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 421,407 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County includes the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area.-History:...
  
  
  • Reno
    Reno (Nevada gaming area)
    Reno is only 14 miles over the California border. The Nevada Gaming Commission groups it as one gaming region, with a total of five casinos earning more than $72 million in the last fiscal year...
    
    
  • Sparks
  • North Lake Tahoe
  • Balance of County
• South Lake Tahoe
• Elko County
  Elko County, Nevada
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 45,291 people, 15,638 households, and 11,493 families residing in the county. The population density was 3/sq mi . There were 18,456 housing units at an average density of 1/sq mi...
  
  
  • Wendover
  • Balance of County
• Carson Valley Area
• Other

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Nevada
• Ronald Dale Harris
  Ronald Dale Harris
  Ronald Dale Harris is a computer programmer who worked for the Nevada Gaming Control Board in the early 1990s and was responsible for finding flaws and gaffes in software that runs computerized casino games...