THE GLOBALIZATION
OF GAMING
THE TOP
ATTORNEYS
IN NEVADA, UTAH,
MONTANA, IDAHO
AND WYOMING
King of
the Strip
How Bob Faiss
became the No. 1
gaming attorney
in Vegas
PHO TOGRAPHY BY RANDA BISHOP
Our article about Bob Faiss, a pre-eminent gaming lawyer in Vegas,
tapped Richard Morgan, former dean of the University of Nevada’s
law school, for comment. Faiss, he said, has “been involved in pretty
much every single aspect of how gaming law is applied.” That holds
up. As gaming law has changed since we last talked to Faiss, so
has his practice. “My activity as chair of the gaming and regulatory
law department of Lionel Sawyer & Collins has changed … to
accommodate the growing globalization of the gaming industry,”
Faiss says. “This has included increased representation of Nevada
gaming companies with respect to their gaming activities in other
countries and in Nevada of foreign companies with respect to
their involvement in Nevada gaming. It also has included advising
foreign governments about the creation of gaming control systems
in their countries, the most recent being Taiwan and Vietnam.” To
that effect, he’s helped Crown Limited, an international gaming
company headquartered in Australia, to win licensing as owner of a
Nevada casino. He’s also represented Asian Coast Development Ltd.
of Canada, which, Faiss says, “is developing the Ho Tram Strip, the
largest integrated resort property in the history of Vietnam.”
On a tech level, he represented Cantor Gaming, the company that
introduced mobile gaming to the gaming industry. “Mobile gaming
allows casino patrons to use handheld electronic devices to play casino
games throughout a resort property,” Faiss says. “Cantor Gaming
also operates a number of race and sports books at leading Las Vegas
casinos, where it has introduced wagering throughout the course
of a sporting event. This allows a patron to wager on such things as
whether the next play in a football game will be a pass or a run. This
has often resulted in more money being wagered after a sports event
has begun than was wagered before it began.”
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