Nevadans, especially those outside Las Vegas, have fewer sports betting options because of this policy. It is the same technology that licensed mobile sportsbooks use in other states. The decision to prohibit remote registration in Nevada cannot possibly be driven by any security issue, because Nevada already permits online poker players to create accounts remotely. That will make Nevada the only state without remote registration.)
(The Illinois General Assembly set an expiration of its policy for March 5, 2022. In Nevada, no such allowance occurred and sportsbook operators were forced to open pop-up locations to make it easier for new players to create accounts. At points during the pandemic, the Illinois policy was suspended by the governor. Iowa and Rhode Island launched mobile sports betting with the same policy in place, but both states eventually dropped it. Nevada and Illinois are the only states that require sports bettors to enter a physical casino in order to create a mobile wagering account. Since it was overturned, 16 other states have legalized mobile sports betting. That 1992 law had grandfathered in Nevada sports betting, while barring new states from legalizing it. Nevada was the only state with legal betting on single games until 2018 when a Supreme Court ruling nullified the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. Despite a head start of decades, Nevada remains in sports betting Dark Ages
