{"id":65290,"date":"2017-12-12T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=65290"},"modified":"2017-12-12T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T21:08:45","slug":"ag-burnett-stepping-chairman-nevada-gaming-control-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ag-burnett-stepping-chairman-nevada-gaming-control-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnett Stepping Down as Chairman of Nevada Gaming Control Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett announced on Monday that he was resigning from his post to take a job in the private sector. Burnett had served on the Gaming Control Board since 2011, and been chairman since 2012.<\/p>\n

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A.G. Burnett has served with the Nevada Gaming Control Board since 2011, taking the role of chairman in 2012. (Image: Jeff Scheid\/Las Vegas Review-Journal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Burnett\u2019s tenure on the board was noteworthy for the number of changes he brought to Nevada\u2019s gaming landscape<\/a>. In a telephone interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>, he noted several of his accomplishments that came over his two appointments to the panel.<\/p>\n

\u201cInternet gambling. Nightclub regulations. Daily fantasy sports. We checked all of them off,\u201d Burnett said. \u201cWhen I was reappointed, I made another list. Skill-based gaming. Hybrids. Marijuana use\u2026and we checked all those off.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burnett said that his decision was in part a choice made for his family. He\u2019ll be taking a position with McDonald Carano, a law firm based in Reno. The post, which is in the firm\u2019s gaming and administrative law group, will allow him to take some financial pressure off his wife, who is a teacher.<\/p>\n

Burnett\u2019s Legacy: New Options for Players, Operators<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While may Gaming Control Board decisions are about behind-the-scenes affairs, Burnett\u2019s most notable accomplishments were ones that gamblers could see tangible results from.<\/p>\n

That started in 2013, when Nevada became the first state to regulate online poker within its borders, a move that has proven particularly popular when thousands of players descend on Las Vegas each summer for the World Series of Poker.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Burnett and other regulators drew up the rules for the skill-based games that have slowly trickled out onto gaming floors this year. While the various possibilities for these new games created challenges for regulators, they were seen as a way to attract a younger audience of millennials who generally avoided playing slot machines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most important regulation I\u2019ve worked on in 17 years,\u201d Burnett said at the time. \u201cThis is a turning point that could reinvigorate the slot machine floor.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2015 Decision Forced DFS Sites to Leave Nevada<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2015, Burnett made the decision that daily fantasy sports operations<\/a> constituted gambling under Nevada\u2019s laws. While the Gaming Control Board told DraftKings, FanDuel, and other DFS operators that they could continue to operate if they applied for sports betting licenses, that would only have covered land-based operations, and the sites have so far ceased operations in the state.<\/p>\n

Burnett\u2019s tenure has not been without controversy. Earlier this year, he faced criticism for his decision to secretly record a conversation with Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. The conversation dealt with a request from Laxalt that regulators file a \u201cfriend of the court\u201d brief on behalf of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. in a civil lawsuit against the company. Burnett said that the incident did not play into his decision to resign.<\/p>\n

In a press release announcing the resignation, Governor Brian Sandoval praised Burnett\u2019s service, saying he was widely respected throughout the gaming industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cA.G. was a fair and thoughtful regulator who impressively balanced the roles of top gaming watchdog with ensuring that our state\u2019s leading industry maintained flexibility to innovate and achieve forward progress,\u201d Sandoval said. \u201cI know that he will look back on his career in public service with pride.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett announced on Monday that he was resigning from his post to take a job in the private sector. Burnett had served on the Gaming Control Board since 2011, and been chairman since 2012. Burnett\u2019s tenure on the board was noteworthy for the number of changes he brought to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":65291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA.G. Burnett Stepping Down as Chairman of Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A.G. 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