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Board grants one-year waiver for BetMGM94s takeover transition at MGM sportsbooks, sets August 2026 expiration

Nevada Gaming Control Board · August 6, 2025
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Summary

The board recommended a one-year waiver of Nevada Gaming Commission Regulation 4.08 to allow BetMGM and MGM to continue a key-employee transition at nine retail sportsbooks, citing internal-control and staffing transition issues; the waiver will expire at the August 2026 Commission meeting and includes a condition limiting the expiration date.

Counsel Scott Shearer and BetMGM representative Josh Wiseman asked the board for a one-year waiver from Commission regulation 4.08 to allow BetMGM additional time to evaluate whether to transition from key-employee status to operating MGM's retail sportsbooks across nine properties. Shearer explained the request is driven by operational and…

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