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Nevada Tribal Members Recommended for Licensure

NEVADA --Six Las Vegas Paiute tribal council members were recommended for licensure Thursday by Nevada gaming regulators.

Under the terms of the tribe's contract with the state, Nevada regulators have to approve members of the Paiute council. The tribe operates slot machines at its convenience store near its golf resort north of the city.

If one of the tribal council members didn't pass regulatory muster, the Paiutes would have to replace him.

The compact provision gives Nevada regulators much more power to oversee tribal conduct than California regulators have.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board voted 3-0 Thursday to recommend Paiute council chairperson Gloria Hernandez and five other council members.

"It's a good compact, one that allows us to closely regulate their gaming activities," control board Chairman Dennis Neilander said.

In other action at its Wednesday and Thursday meetings, the control board:

Voted 3-0 to recommend approval for former Castaways Chief Operating Officer Gregg Schatzman's sale of his 15 percent stake in the Fremont Street casino.

Castaways general manager Michael Villamor said Schatzman left the company recently to pursue other interests. Schatzman sold his ownership share to remaining partners Villamor and real estate developer Dan Shaw.

Voted 3-0 to recommend licensing Tuscany general manager Bruce Fraser after the former Boyd Gaming boss told regulators he'd divest his ownership stake in an Internet poker casino regulated by a Quebec tribe.

Regulators told Fraser that the ProPoker.com site allowed Americans to play in violation of Nevada and U.S. laws and that Canadian officials believe the site's regulators, the Kahnawake tribe, are violating provincial and Canadian law.

Voted 3-0 to recommend a license for Michael and Tim Brooks, twin brothers who are spending about $2 million to refurbish the old Pot of Gold casino in downtown Henderson, originally called the Post Office.

Their Market Street casino is slated to reopen May 23 as a slots-only club with about 375 machines, most offering penny denomination play.

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