Nevada gaming regulators win sports-event contract appeal; illegal sports-betting indictment

Two statewide gaming enforcement updates. On Aug. 28, 2026, the Ninth Circuit ruled 3-0 that Nevada can apply its gaming laws to sports-event contracts offered by Kalshi, Crypto.com and Robinhood. On Sept. 30, the Board said a Clark County grand jury indicted William West Roberts on Sept. 29 on illegal sports-betting business and money-laundering charges.

The Board says the Roberts case followed a multi-year investigation into wagers taken through a website based in Costa Rica. An indictment is a charge, not a conviction.

The full plain-language write-up, with dates and source links, is the Notice Nearby public paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/nv-gaming-board-ninth-circuit-ruling-and-sports-betting-indictment-2026.

Official source: Nevada Gaming Control Board · Press releases Aug. 28 and Sept. 30, 2026. https://www.gaming.nv.gov/about-us/press-releases-public-statements/

County hub: https://noticenearby.com/nv/nye. This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk brief, not the agency and not a Legal Publication. If the official page and this note disagree, the official page wins.