Gaming officials dealing with medical marijuana
By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun
Medical marijuana and the Nevada casino industry don’t mix, gaming officials said at a conference Nov. 7, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
The Gaming Control Board made it clear in a May notice that casinos must stay out of the state’s budding medical marijuana business since the drug is illegal at the federal level. But it’s still a hot-button issue for the industry, and it was a recurring subject at Friday’s Gaming Law Conference at Red Rock Resort.
Nevada’s two top gaming regulators, Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett and Gaming Commission Chairman Tony Alamo, spoke on a panel together where they reaffirmed that the board made the right call.
Alamo, whose father was a prominent Las Vegas casino executive, expressed some disbelief that the mixture of medical marijuana and gambling became a serious regulatory concern.