Casino Marker Laws

What is a “casino marker”? A Defense Lawyer Explains

Posted on July 11, 2025 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

What is a “casino marker”?Watch this video on YouTube Casino markers in Nevada are short-term, interest-free lines of credit that casinos extend to patrons for the purpose of gambling on the premises. Failing to repay casino markers is usually a category D felony, carrying: 1 to 4 years in prison plus Fines and restitution. The …

Can I do a payment plan for a casino marker?

Posted on September 23, 2024 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

If you are charged with unpaid casino markers (NRS 205.130) in Nevada, you might be able to do a payment plan to avoid incarceration. Then once the entire amount is paid in full, the D.A. may agree to dismiss the casino marker charges completely. However, prosecutors are not obligated to offer payment plans, and they …

Is casino marker debt dischargeable in bankruptcy?

Posted on January 18, 2023 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

In Nevada, casino marker debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy because failing to pay back casino markers is a crime. The only way you discharge casino marker debt in bankruptcy is if: the district attorney dismisses the criminal case; or no criminal case is ever brought. In other states where defaulting on casino markers is …

Casino Markers – 5 key things to know

Posted on June 21, 2021 | Category: Casino Marker Laws, Useful information

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Failing to pay back casino markers is a crime in Nevada under NRS 205.130. And it is very difficult for defendants to win casino marker cases because courts automatically presume they had an “intent to defraud.” Casino markers are lines of credit that casinos extend to patrons to gamble with. In Nevada, patrons usually have …

What happens if you don’t pay a casino marker in Las Vegas?

Posted on July 1, 2020 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

Nevada crime of not paying back a casino marker include both criminal charges and civil lawsuits. Since Nevada law presumes casino marker defendants have an “intent to defraud”, it is challenging for defendants to win these cases unless they can repay the full amount they owe. Here are ten things that happen if you do …

Is Not Paying Back a Casino Marker a Crime in Nevada?

Posted on July 1, 2020 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

Yes. Just last month the Nevada Supreme Court took up this issue again and upheld the constitutionality of NRS 205.130. If someone takes out a casino marker and fails to make good on it within the specified time, the court presumes the person had “intent to defraud.” It is very difficult to win casino marker …

Reno/Tahoe Casino Crime Can Deal You a Bad Hand

Posted on July 1, 2020 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

You can get in big trouble in the “Biggest Little City in the World” if you try to cheat your way to riches in one of Reno’s many casinos. There are many crimes that take place in Reno’s casinos that could happen anywhere in the city – prostitution, battery, public intoxication, and pickpocketing just to …

Nevada Supreme Court rules “casino markers” constitutional

Posted on March 15, 2015 | Category: Casino Marker Laws

Last month the Nevada Supreme Court once again affirmed the constitutionality of the state’s casino marker laws. Specifically, it upheld the conviction of defendant Harel Zahavi, who allegedly failed to pay back nearly $400,000 in casino markers to four different Las Vegas casinos. He had been placed on probation with a suspended prison sentence of …

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