
Marijuana isn’t all fun and games in the eyes of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Though Nevada voters legalized recreational pot in last fall’s November election, the five-member regulatory panel has publicly warned gaming companies to continue dealing with the drug as an unlawful substance.
Nevada gaming officials say any casino into the state that invests in a small business related to marijuana is putting their gaming permit in danger.
This week in Las Vegas with the first sales of recreational marijuana in Nevada scheduled to begin July 1, the Gaming Commission reiterated its anti-pot position during a licensing hearing.
Jacobs Entertainment was before the Commission to get authorization to operate the Sands Regency Casino Hotel in Reno. Jacobs purchased the home from Truckee Gaming year that is late last.
The Gaming Commission unanimously authorized Jacobs’ application, but not before Chairman Tony Alamo asked a representative for the company based in Golden, Colorado, about its cannabis policies.
‘Marijuana is unlawful federally,’ Jacobs Entertainment Executive VP Stanley Politano answered, in accordance with a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. ‘However, we have employees that may lawfully eat this stuff so we treat cannabis very similarly to the way we treat alcohol. For it and, the same as alcohol, if there’s some problem, they’ll be disciplined accordingly. whenever we have an i [Read more...]