The regulation gives broad latitude to how casino operators as well as licensed operators of sportsbooks protect themselves, saying they must develop “the cybersecurity best practices it deems appropriate.”Īfter performing an initial risk assessment, each licensee “shall continue to monitor and evaluate cybersecurity risks to its business operation on an ongoing basis and shall modify its cybersecurity best practices and risk assessments as it deems appropriate.” The former Hard Rock Hotel, now Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, reported a data breach in 2015 and alerted customers to check their credit card statements for a seven-month period from Sept. Most major casinos have ample security built into their data systems to prevent data breaches, but resorts are occasional targets of hackers and cyberthieves.

Representatives of the Nevada Resorts Association and the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers attended Thursday’s meeting and voiced no objections to the new regulation, which had public hearings in the fall. 1, gives the state’s more than 400 nonrestricted casino operators a year to develop risk assessment plans that will have to be updated at least annually and directs operators on how they must report any cyberattacks to regulators. The amended regulation, which takes effect Jan. The state’s casinos will be required to protect their customers, employees and themselves against computer cyberattacks, following the unanimous approval of an amendment to regulations by the Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday. Statewide slot machine winnings of $868 million in June broke the previous record set in October 2007, and sports betting win and volume were better than any June in state history, Lawton said.FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer. Nevada has no personal income tax.Ĭompared with fiscal year 2019, casinos won 10.5% less in the last 12 month, with the Las Vegas Strip accounting for the majority of the decrease, Lawton said.

Casino taxes are second to sales taxes as a percentage of the state budget. The state reaped $808.6 million in revenues based on those winnings, a big increase from $472 million in fiscal 2020 and an important part of the $8.7 billion state budget for the next two years. It beat the previous high of $3.26 billion in October, November and December 2006.įor the fiscal year ending June 30, casino winnings totaled $10.7 billion - up 14.3% - after decreasing nearly 22% in pandemic-battered fiscal 2020. He said the $3.46 billion total in April, May and June amounted to the largest gaming win figure in a calendar quarter in state history.

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