Nevada regulators are working to address a policy question that has stood for years and was brought to light this month when a Mesquite casino was required to pay a jackpot to a player who was banned from the property.
New details have emerged in a case involving gambler Rhon Wilson and the Casablanca hotel-casino, which was ordered to pay Wilson his winnings of $2,045.18 — in a rare split vote of the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Oct. 4. — despite him trespassing at the property multiple times over the years.
According to the hearing officer’s report from the dispute obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a public records request, Wilson was playing a Dragon Link slot machine at the Casablanca on April 28 when he hit a $1,660 jackpot.
