RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Gaming Control Board submitted a disciplinary grievance Thursday declaring that one of the biggest gamblingestablishments on the Las Vegas Strip invited prohibited bookmaking, individuals with a history of gambling-related felony convictions and people connected to arranged criminalactivity.
Many of the accusations versus Resorts World Las Vegas focused on Mathew Bowyer, the Southern California bookie who took thousands of sports bets from the previous interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani. Bowyer pleaded guilty last week in federal court in Santa Ana, California, to running an unlawful gaming service.
The board asked the Nevada Gaming Commission, which has authority over disciplinary action, to fine the business and take what professionals state would be uncommon action versus Resorts World’s videogaming license.
“The commission has the power to choose what it desires to do with this,” stated Michael Green, an partner teacher of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who has long studied Las Vegas’ gamblingestablishment organization. “They can choose to withdraw the license. They can choose no, that’s too much, there must be fines. There are executives who may be required out. So they have some latitude here. And they’re constantly reluctant to go that far, since you can’t be sure of the long-lasting results.”
The commission did not instantly respond to an after-hours message Thursday lookingfor remark on the timing of a choice.
Resorts World stated it is interacting with the board to resolv