Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s unprecedented bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus by ordering nonessential businesses, including casinos, to close will affect 440 licensed resorts in the state.
There also are 1,977 licenses for establishments with 15 slot machines or fewer at convenience stores, supermarkets, restaurants and taverns.
Sisolak’s order follows the issuance of executive orders and gaming regulatory decisions to close properties in six other states that offer casino gambling.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday ordered that state’s casinos, race tracks and simulcast betting facilities closed by Monday while regulatory bodies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Indiana and Illinois had previously issued the same directive.