Marijuana isn’t all enjoyable and games into the optical eyes of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Though Nevada voters legalized recreational pot in last fall’s November election, the five-member regulatory panel has publicly warned gaming organizations to continue treating the drug as an unlawful substance.
Nevada gaming officials say any casino within the continuing state that invests in a small business related to marijuana is putting their gaming permit in jeopardy.
With the first sales of recreational marijuana in Nevada scheduled to begin July 1, the Gaming Commission reiterated its anti-pot place during a licensing hearing this week in Las Vegas.
Jacobs Entertainment was before the Commission to get authorization to operate the Sands Regency Casino Hotel in Reno. Jacobs purchased the home from Truckee Gaming later last year.
The Gaming Commission unanimously authorized Jacobs’ application, but not before Chairman Tony Alamo asked a representative for the ongoing company based in Golden, Colorado, about its marijuana policies.
‘Marijuana is unlawful federally,’ Jacobs Entertainment Executive VP Stanley Politano answered, based on a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. ‘However, we have employees that may legally consume this stuff we treat alcohol so we treat marijuana very similarly to the way. For it and, just like alcohol, if there’s some problem, they’ll be disciplined accordingly. wh