Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 465 - Crimes and Liabilities Concerning Gaming
NRS 465.086 - Unlawful receipt of compensation for accepting bets or wagers upon result of certain events without required gaming licenses.


1. Except as otherwise provided by law, it is unlawful for a person to receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward, or any percentage or share of the money or property played, for accepting any bet or wager upon the result of any event held at a track involving a horse or other animal, sporting event or other event, as defined by regulations adopted by the Nevada Gaming Commission, without having first procured, and thereafter maintaining in effect, all federal, state, county and municipal gaming licenses as required by statute, regulation or ordinance or by the governing body of any unincorporated town.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, it is unlawful for a person to:
(a) Accept or facilitate any bet or wager that is placed with a person described in subsection 1; or
(b) Transmit or deliver anything of value resulting from a bet or wager to a person who has placed a bet or wager with a person described in subsection 1.
3. The provisions of this section do not make it unlawful for a race book or sports pool that is licensed pursuant to chapter 463 of NRS to, without knowledge, accept a bet or wager from or pay a winning bet or wager to a person described in subsection 1 or 2.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2420)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 465 - Crimes and Liabilities Concerning Gaming

NRS 465.015 - Definitions.

NRS 465.070 - Fraudulent acts.

NRS 465.075 - Use or possession of device, software or hardware to obtain advantage at playing game prohibited.

NRS 465.080 - Possession, use, sale or manufacture of counterfeit, unapproved or unlawful instruments or items; possession of certain unlawful devices or paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs.

NRS 465.083 - Cheating.

NRS 465.085 - Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering or modification of equipment and devices associated with gaming; unlawful instruction.

NRS 465.086 - Unlawful receipt of compensation for accepting bets or wagers upon result of certain events without required gaming licenses.

NRS 465.088 - Penalties for violation of NRS 465.070 to 465.086, inclusive.

NRS 465.090 - Unlawful dissemination of information concerning racing; exemptions; penalty.

NRS 465.091 - "Medium of communication" defined.

NRS 465.092 - Accepting, receiving or allowing another to accept or receive wager from person physically present in this state prohibited under certain circumstances; penalty.

NRS 465.093 - Placing, sending, transmitting or relaying wagers to another person prohibited under certain circumstances; penalty.

NRS 465.094 - Limitation on applicability of NRS 465.092 and 465.093.

NRS 465.101 - Detention and questioning of person suspected of violating chapter; limitations on liability; posting of notice.

NRS 465.110 - Disposition of evidence seized by agent of Nevada Gaming Control Board.