Nevada Gaming Commission ignores unbalanced Dice issue ...

Nevada Gaming Regulation 5 - OPERATION OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS (Rev. 04/18) states:

5.011 Grounds for disciplinary action. The board and the commission deem any activity on the part of any licensee, his agents or employees, that is inimical to the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the people of the State of Nevada, or that would reflect or tend to reflect discredit upon the State of Nevada or the gaming industry, to be an unsuitable method of operation and shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the board and the commission in accordance with the Nevada Gaming Control Act and the regulations of the board and the commission. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following acts or omissions may be determined to be unsuitable methods of operation:

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9. (a) Possessing or permitting to remain in or upon any licensed premises any cards, dice, mechanical device or any other cheating device whatever, the use of which is prohibited by statute or ordinance, or  

(b) Conducting, carrying on, operating or dealing any cheating or thieving game or device on the premises, either knowingly or unknowingly, which may have in any manner been marked, tampered with or otherwise placed in a condition, or operated in a manner, which tends to deceive the public or which might make the game more liable to win or lose, or which tends to alter the normal random selection of criteria which determine the results of the game.

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It is earlier stated in the same Regulation:

5.010 Methods of operation. 

1. It is the policy of the commission and the board to require that all establishments wherein gaming is conducted in this state be operated in a manner suitable to protect the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants of the State of Nevada. 

2. Responsibility for the employment and maintenance of suitable methods of operation rests with the licensee, and willful or persistent use or toleration of methods of operation deemed unsuitable will constitute grounds for license revocation or other disciplinary action. (Amended: 1/69.) 

Unlike the state of Colorado, which requires a dice balancing caliper in every casino pit, Nevada has no requirement.  Below is the Colorado gaming statute 47.1-1281(4) found on page 241: 

(a) Prior to use in a game, the manager on duty or pit supervisor shall inspect the dice with a micrometer, balancing caliper, a steel set square and a magnet or any other instrument approved by the Division. A balancing caliper, a steel set square and a magnet, shall be kept in a compartment at each craps table or pit stand and shall be at all times readily available for use by the Division upon request.

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The Nevada Gaming Gaming Enforcement Division does not enforce Regulation 5 with respect to dice used in live casino action.  Nevada only has two 50 year old all metal dice balancing calipers that weigh nearly 5 pounds each and the official NSGCB dice balancing equipment DO NOT WORK.

The Nevada State "Caliper" cups that hold the dice are too deep so that the points of the dice can not touch the end of the cup, thereby forcing the 4 sides of the plastic dice near that point to rub against the metal cup. Therefore, the metal cup acts like a brake against the 4 sides of the dice and prematurely stops the dice from freely spinning to a stop. In effect gravity would not work on the official Nevada state caliper in much the same way gravity does not work on a car going down hill if one applies brakes to the wheels, thus stopping the car from freely going to where gravity would take it.

When we asked if the state had a newer or better caliper, the Nevada state gaming Agent answered that "the state only had 2 official calipers -- one in the Reno and one in Las Vegas and they were both exactly the same except that one was painted red and the other green." The Agent then went on to explain that the state had no intention of getting new calipers -- that this was the official one to be used in all court proceedings.

It was clear the state gaming commission had no intention of getting the answer right, but instead they were to protect the casino operations no matter what they were.  This was evident even after we explained what was wrong with the official state caliper. Therefore calling a Nevada State Enforcement Agent to verify if casino dice are balanced is a waste of time.

For more information about use of unbalanced dice in casinos, see this YouTube video by Koganinja777

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