The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday will consider denying licensing as a long -term employee in the gaming industry who would ban him from the industry for at least five years.
Matthew Galanti had applied to become head of Nevada Restaurant Services Inc., the parent company of Dotty’s casino chain.
Galanti had worked for Dotty’s for several years, but was fired the day after he showed up for a license negotiation in January before Nevada Gaming Control Board -Hörsel.
Galanti was completed for counterfeiting of employees’ time clock and mileage, says board agents.
Gaming Control Board, in a rare shared vote, recommended denying a license for Galanti after an hour’s long hearing where he represented himself.
The Chairman of the Board Kirk Hendrick gave the lone vote against denying the license on April 9, just because he said he wanted agents to finish their investigation by Galanti, who ended after he was dismissed. He said he agreed that testimony presented to the board supported denial.
If the Commission votes to accept the Board’s recommendation, Galanti’s name would go on the so -called “gray list” of denied applicants and he would not be able to work with or for any licensed operator.
Hendrick explained the consequences of a denial of Galanti, who said that he and his wife are without a job he could not afford a lawyer for the gaming industry to guide him.
In his testimony about the board, Galanti said he clocked into a Nevada Restaurant Services site and then met a control of the steering board on January 7. He ended the next day so as not to explain where he had been after watching in.
The Board members questioned inconsistencies between what he told of hearing officers in his meeting with them and his testimony to the Board of the Board of other jobs he has had in southern Nevada.
Galanti said that while he was employed by Aria, he did not return from an absence of the family and medical leave because a supervisor accused him of abusing FMLA regulations.
In his hearing in January, he also said he resigned from a position he had with Red Rock Resorts, but failed to reveal that he received a severance pay when he left. The board members said it was Galanti’s responsibility to explain all the circumstances of his employees and departures, but he did not.
The board agent’s report said that Galanti applied for bankruptcy protection twice during his career.
Hendrick urged Galanti to receive legal assistance before the Commission meets.
“I would strongly encourage you to consult a player lawyer or lawyer with knowledge of game laws and regulations in the state of Nevada,” Hendrick said. “The Commission meets in a couple of weeks and as you heard from the Deputy National Attorney there are branches if the Commission does not overturn the Board’s voice today. They may have long -term branches for your ability to work in the gaming industry.”
Galanti said he was advised on his gaming application from a man who is currently a Nevada prison.
There are currently the names of 145 individuals and companies on the Nevada Gaming Commission’s list of denials, revocations and results of incapacity published on the Control Board website. The latest list shows items published between January 1980 and August 2021.
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