have a quick question about the nevada gaming licenses and anything else you are required to have to work at a casino in vegas.

Primarily something like a dealer, but also things like Cook's and Players Club Rep's and all that stuff..

I imagine you need a Nevada Gaming License.

What else?

Also, can you apply for and obtain these PRIOR to even submitting an application somewhere? So it's just like a bonus, "I also have all this crap that normally takes a long time to process.. so I can start asap." type deal?

Just curious.

Not planning on getting a job in the area until next year.. but thought it might be something to make it a little easier and be a bonus on an application.

Someone who knows about this stuff, let me know what's up please=)

Thanks in advance.

As for any meanies.. hush, I don't know anything about this. Don't need rude comments But have at it anyways=)

All that will be dealt with if you get a job offer. You simply apply, interview, the company says they want you, and they tell you to go get fingerprinted. Don't sweat those details. It ain't no big thang and you can't speed it up by trying to be proactive about getting it done.

I've gone through the process in Arizona through Tribal Gaming, and even tho I don't live there anymore, my license is still valid if I wanted to apply. Well, for another few months until it would have to be renewed.

So I figured it would be possible to obtain one for Nevada before applying.

Took 6 weeks for my entire badging process to be completed so I could start working. I'd hate to say, "Okay, I want a job now" and have to wait that long again. But I guess I'll just apply earlier=)

If you don't mind me asking, what do you do there in Vegas Bav?

Additionally, besides your Nevada Gaming License, is there any other cert's that you are required to obtain? And do they pay for them, or do they make you pay, or do they take it out of your paycheck in small increments? (Like they did mine in Arizona)

If you happen to know, would be helpful. Slowly discovering info as I research a bit=)

The nevada gaming license is barely even a formality. You get the job offer, and while filling out misc forms ("opt in/out of tip compliance? sign here. You've read the sexual harrassment policy? initial here..."), you go online and fill in a few questions like "name" and "have you ever been convicted of a felony", pay the $77 fee, and voila, you have a license. It's instant, unless they later find a problem. You will have to get fingerprinted at a separate location (~$20), but I wouldn't do that until asked, otherwise they'll probably ask you to do it again.

Glad to hear Nevada still lets you start working immediately while your background check is pending.

It kills me that all these other states think they know how to regulate casinos better than Nevada does. Six weeks! I had the same thing in New Hampshire. Minnesota "only" took a week.

I'm pretty sure Mississippi, when they were one of the first states to give NV and AC some competition, just imported the Nevada statutes pretty much. That makes life a lot easier.

When Massachusetts' casino bill was being debated, a former state senator gave an interview with a local newspaper. She was very anti-casino, and was laying out her arguments against. One of the things that concerned her was that the State Police and the Attorney General's offices would need to be expanded dramatically to oversee the casinos, and the state just couldn't afford to hire all those needed people.

I called BS. I wrote a letter to the editor (that was WAAAAAY too long for the Letters to the Editor section, so they ran it as an Op-Ed piece in the Sunday edition), flat-out calling her a liar, as no state does anything like that.

Well, it turns out, she knew more than I did--it looks like Massachusetts plans on doing exactly as she described. Can you imagine? It's already the most corrupt state I've ever lived in (and I've lived in plenty). I can't wait to see what they do to their new Golden Goose industry...if they ever get their thumbs out and get started on the process of handing out licenses to companies who are DYING to build casinos there!!!

Other than a felony conviction, what else can torpedoe a gaming license?

Any conviction that is not reported, any pending criminal prosecution that is not reported, any misdemeanor conviction that was expunged but not reported, any conviction for crimes that amount to theft. (by reported, I mean included in the background info the applicant supplies to the licensing authority.)

DeJa Vu!

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YTF, I had to wait 10 days when I first started here but that was due to technical problems with sending in my electronic fingerprint card. Now it's usually within a couple of days that they approve a new employee and then finalize the license in about 6 weeks but you are working that whole time.

But Nevada is different from most other states. Gaming is their #1 product and the infrastructure is decades old and it is a well oiled machine.

+1000

Even New Jersey knows that you don't elect the brother of the biggest mobster the head of the State Senate.

True story. I attended a SBA seminar in Waltham a few years back on how to get state business. A recently appointed head of purchasing of a major agency got up to make a speech. After about a minute, he forgot where he was and says, "My job is to make sure my people get all of the contracts."

A guy next to me stands up and asks, "So if I'm not connected to you, you're telling me not to bother putting in a bid?" The state head of purchasing shoots up, grabs the mike, and says, "My colleague misspoke, of course you can bid and be evaluated fairly," while someone else grabs the first guy and sits him down.

Having lost a previous license maybe being denied for a license in another state.


Actuallly we are using the wrong the language.

In Nevada .... casino ownes are the one's who get a license.

The rabk and file employees don't get a license ..... they "register"

Great story, Venice.

My sample story is MGM/Mirage bailing from the state entirely, after they had purchased property on which to build a resort if they won the licensing race. The only problem was that there was no direct access to this property from the nearby Massachusetts Turnpike. No prob, said MGM/M, we'll just build a new road and connecting ramps, at our (considerable) expense.

And the state's response was immediate: Are you crazy? You can't just come in here and GIVE US millions of dollars worth of roadway! My brother Vito is in charge of building highways around here, you want some exit ramps, you go see him!"

MGM/Mirage recently announced that they will not be seeking a license to operate a casino in Massachusetts, and they've put the For Sale sign on their Brimfield property.

Yeah I'm fine background wise, and my previous license (tribal) wasn't taken away or anything like that. Just moved. Thanks for the info. And the warm reading this thread has turned into. Continue if you like, always neat to hear something new.

If you previously got one in Arizona, getting one in Nevada will seem like a joke.

Lol oh, I see. Well I guess that's nice to hear. I have that 'dream' that 99% of people have of moving to vegas and being a dealer and stuff. But my dream is a little different. As I do have dealing and in-casino xp.. but not combined.. i'll most likely just start out in Food and Beverage where most of my xp is...

Then get buddy buddy with some of the poker room managers at all the venues owned by whoever I work for, express interest... then wait until something opens up and apply for a transfer.

Then once the 100000 people in front of me get in, hopefully I will.

No rush. I find both enjoyable. And I have money saved. And will be playing cards.

We'll see how it plays out =)