Gaming regulators create opening between pot, casinos

By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Can a gaming licensee lease a building from a businessman who also rents to someone in the marijuana business?

Yes, the Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously determined Thursday.

In what was the first case in which regulators had to make a determination of whether a gaming licensee was too closely aligned with the marijuana business since industry policy makers clarified the issue earlier this year, commissioners voted unanimously to support a license for Apollo Coin Corp. for The Lodge at St. Rose.

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