The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended approval Wednesday of a slate of licensing and registration matters, moving several applications and condition changes to the Nevada Gaming Commission with board recommendations.

Among the approvals, the board recommended: a nonrestricted, slot‑machines‑only and race/sports wagering license for Boomer's Sportsbook at the Mitzvah Club in Tonopah (with a set of operational conditions); suitability and licensure for corporate executives including Stella David of Entain and Jonathan Halkyard of MGM Resorts; corporate financing and pledge approvals for Light & Wonder and the Venetian group; and manufacturer/distributor condition modifications for Penn Entertainment properties (including the M Resort's new cashless wagering and promotion systems). The board also recommended approval of William Hill Nevada 2 (Caesars Sportsbook) licenses to operate at four northern Nevada locations under specified reporting and internal‑control conditions.

Board members emphasized regulatory consistency and operational safeguards. Member Sandahl pressed applicants on key‑employee conditions — requiring applications within 60 days and refiling on changes — and on protections where vendors or licensees share staff or systems. Staff and lab reviewers will continue to review software and associated equipment under existing test‑lab requirements.

The board voted to nominate Wayne Joseph Nicks to Nevada's list of excluded persons after senior deputy attorney general Mike Somps presented court plea documents and related materials describing Nicks' federal guilty pleas for conspiracy to operate an unlawful gambling business and for subscribing to false tax returns. The nomination will go to the Nevada Gaming Commission; Nicks will have the notice and review rights required by statute.

The motions on nonrestricted consent and individual items were carried unanimously by the three members present in the record (Member Assad, Member Sandahl and Chairman Dreiser), as recorded on the transcript.

What happens next: recommended approvals and the excluded‑person nomination will be transmitted to the Commission or to staff for administrative review per the conditions the board attached. The board said it expects a small number of these matters to appear before the Commission for final action in coming weeks.