More than five decades ago, Nevada gaming regulators considered any legalized gaming outside of the Silver State as a foreign business operation. A year after New Jersey voters approved casino legalization in 1976, Nevada instituted its first foreign gaming reporting requirements.
“The law was written so you would have to get approval to do business in New Jersey,” said Reno gaming attorney Michael Alonso.
Since that time, casinos — commercial and tribal — have been built in more than half of the states, including California, New York and Florida.
The last time any legislative changes were made to Nevada’s foreign gaming reporting requirements came in 1997 – seven years before Las Vegas Sands opened the first casino in Macau that was operated by an American company.
