Nevada Regulators To Revoke A Gaming LicenseRegulator Says He Can't Remember The Last Time It Happened |
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Nevada regulators are about to do something they rarely do—revoke a gaming license for a Las Vegas business.
According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, on Thursday the five-member Nevada Gaming Commission is expected to take away the right to conduct gaming from Scoundrels Pub on Decatur Boulevard.
Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett told the Review-Journal that he couldn’t remember the last time a license was revoked. There was speculation recently that CG Technology’s gaming license could have been revoked over it underpaying on winning bets, but the bookmaker agreed to a fine. The CEO also stepped down.
Scoundrels Pub has had a restricted gaming license since April 2005, the report said. Restricted gaming licenses are different than the nonrestricted gaming licenses that Strip casinos have, for example. Under Nevada’s rules, a business can get a restricted license if “the operation of slot machines is incidental to the primary business conducted at the location.”
The reason for the regulatory action was because the pub has been the site of six gang-related shootings between 2009 and 2015. Las Vegas police have responded to nearly 100 calls about violence at the establishment during that time frame.
Owner David John Zderic reportedly tried to sell the property but a deal fell through.
In the settlement that will result in the loss of the license and an unspecified fine, Zderic didn’t admit nor deny the allegations against him and his pub.
The state said in the complaint that he “failed to exercise a proper level of control over the business’s operation at the location and have permitted dangerous conditions to exist, putting the safety of the public, its employees and its patrons at risk.”
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