Legal Question in Business Law in Nevada

Can i sue a company for allowing underage gambling?

can i sue the same company for having a gambling game, in which they control the outcome resulting in a 0% probability of winning.


Asked on 10/02/11, 12:07 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Rick Williams Law Offices of Frederick D. (Rick) Williams, Chtd.

No, under Nevada law that would be a criminal offense (NRS 463.350), and a private citizen does not have standing to prosecute a business for committing a crime. Besides, in order to have a suit, one must have suffered damages. If you are the minor who was gambling, you are at fault (committing the crime) as much as the casino. You could hardly claim as damages an allegation that you lost money as a result of your own criminal conduct. If you are a parent of the minor, you did not suffer damages, because the one putting the money at risk in gambling is the only one who "loses."

I am curious how you determined that their game had 0% chance of winning. If that is true and provable, the business surely will be prosecuted, as that simply is not acceptable in this state. The Gaming Control Board would never condone a game in which the player has no chance - that would not then be a "game of chance," would it?

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Answered on 10/02/11, 1:38 pm


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