Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada

Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada

Robert D. Faiss is the head of the gaming law division of the prestigious firm of Lionel Sawyer & Collins. He is largely responsible for the development of gaming law as a specialty, and he is particularly well qualified to comment on how regulation of the casino industry has evolved over the years. His memoir, Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada, is an eloquent, eyewitness account of crucial events and moments in the history of legalized gaming in Nevada.
Following a brief stint in journalism, Faiss took a position as assistant executive secretary of the Nevada Gaming Commission, 1961-1963, and he then served as executive assistant to Governor Grant Sawyer, 1963-1967. Sawyer made radical changes in the way the gaming industry was regulated, including the creation of the Nevada Gaming Commission and the List of Excluded Persons, and Faiss played a role. At the end of Sawyer's second term, Faiss entered federal government service, rising to become a White House staff assistant during President Johnson's last year in office. After earning a law degree from American University, Faiss returned to Las Vegas to become an attorney in Nevada's largest law firm, Lionel Sawyer & Collins.
In his more than three decades as an attorney, Bob Faiss has represented well-known gaming clients and dealt with regulatory boards and legislative bodies, and he has been involved with a number of notable cases as a result. In the 1970s, he served as gaming counsel to the Del Webb Corporation in their defense against a takeover of the company by Frank Sinatra and his lawyer, Milton Rudin. He has also been heavily involved in international gaming law. In 1983, he won approval for Hilton Hotels Corporation to be the first gaming licensee approved by the Nevada gaming control agencies to be involved in gaming operation in a foreign jurisdiction—Queensland, Australia—and in 1985 he won Nevada licensing for Carma Limited of Canada, which was the first foreign public company to be licensed to own or operate a casino in the state. Faiss continues to represent a wide range of clients around the globe, including in Nevada, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East, and he has advised foreign governments in the creation of gaming control systems.

Praise for Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada:

“This short and clear work, by an inside participant, is a must read for those who would understand the problems faced by Nevada gaming regulators and how these standards have become a model for the rest of the nation.”
-- Bernie Anderson, Chair, Judiciary Committee, Nevada State Assembly

“No one speaks with greater authority and insight concerning Nevada gaming law than Bob Faiss.”
-- U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the United States Senate and former chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission.

“The gaming industry has overcome many challenges and has achieved many triumphs. In my experience, the more difficult and important the matter, the more likely it was that Bob Faiss played a leadership role with respect to it.”
-- Daniel M. Wade, Chief Operating Officer, the Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, and former Co-CEO and Vice Chairman of MGM MIRAGE.

Robert Faiss, Gaming Regulation and Gaming Law in Nevada. Reno: UNOHP, 2008. (softcover, 148 pages, illustrations, $24.95) ISBN 1-56475-399-9

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