The Nevada Gaming Control Board has introduced a package of ten revised technical standards for gaming equipment and systems, with an adoption date set for 1 October 2027. Standards 3, 5 and 6 update existing regulations, while standards 7 through 13 are written from scratch. They cover slots, sports and race-book systems, bingo and other products.
The reform consolidates scattered technical requirements into a single framework. Operators and suppliers currently navigate the Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICs), industry notices and multiple sources accumulated over fifteen years. Jeremy Eberwein, head of the regulator's technology division, framed the goal plainly: instead of five different documents, there will be two — regulation and technical standards.
Draft versions were published earlier this year. A revised package incorporating licensee feedback will be posted for public comment by 15 November. Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Dreitzer, who took the role last year after stints at Gaming Arts and testing lab BMM, has called regulatory inconsistency one of the jurisdiction's main problems. Eberwein spent around ten years at the regulator, left in 2023, and returned after Dreitzer's appointment.
Gaming equipment manufacturers' association president Daron Dorsey thanked the regulator for openness and willingness to work with the industry. Dreitzer stressed the aim is speed and flexibility without sacrificing security.
