463.350 - Gaming or employment in gaming prohibited for persons under 21. - Nevada Statutes

463.350  Gaming or employment in gaming prohibited for persons under 21.

      1.  A person under the age of 21 years shall not:

      (a) Play, be allowed to play, place wagers at, or collect winnings from, whether personally or through an agent, any gambling game, slot machine, race book, sports pool or pari-mutuel operator.

      (b) Loiter, or be permitted to loiter, in or about any room or premises wherein any licensed game, race book, sports pool or pari-mutuel wagering is operated or conducted.

      (c) Be employed as a gaming employee except in a counting room.

      2.  Any licensee, employee, dealer or other person who violates or permits the violation of any of the provisions of this section and any person, under 21 years of age, who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      3.  In any prosecution or other proceeding for the violation of any of the provisions of this section, it is no excuse for the licensee, employee, dealer or other person to plead that he or she believed the person to be 21 years old or over.

      [35:429:1955]—(NRS A 1979, 788; 1981, 1088; 1985, 2139; 1989, 489; 1991, 652)