Legal & compliance, in plain English.

No — when it’s a donation. A “wagering voucher” is defined in Nevada gaming law as a printed instrument with a fixed dollar value, redeemable for cash (NGC Reg. 1.190; NRS 463.369). Once a slot machine pays a patron out, that voucher is a bearer-style instrument in the patron’s hands — theirs to redeem or to give.

The danger is the other direction. Nevada enforces larceny/embezzlement against anyone who picks up vouchers lying on a casino floor: in Board complaint NGC-18-04 (Venetian, 2018), a slot manager who found vouchers on the floor, had family redeem them, and pocketed the cash had his gaming registration revoked. That is exactly the behavior our model avoids. Our boxes are fixed, signposted, and never collect abandoned property — a patron must make an affirmative, visible choice to donate.

That’s a policy decision, not a legal barrier — and the precedent is already in Las Vegas. The Cosmopolitan launched a casino change-donation program in 2019 (guests donate spare cash-out change to select charities at ATMs), and the M Resort had run one since 2017; strip casinos routinely host charity kettles and bins in lobbies and retail areas.

We respect each operator’s space: boxes are placed in restaurants, retail, and lobby areas — not on the gaming floor — and every single partnership is venue-approved before a box is installed. A venue that says yes gets a fully self-contained program: boxes, servicing, counting, and published transparency, all on their terms.

The state’s interest only arises for vouchers no one redeems. Under AB 219 (2011) and NGC Reg. 6.110(12), a voucher that expires unredeemed — the earlier of 180 days after issuance or its printed expiration — triggers the casino booking 25% of face value as gross revenue and remitting 75% to the Gaming Commission for state use.

A donated voucher never hits that default. It is redeemed and given to the community while it is still valid, so the casino owes nothing to the Commission on it and loses nothing it was entitled to. Hosting a box changes nothing in a casino’s reporting; it simply changes what happens to vouchers before they’d ever expire.

Carefully — and here the law is clear: under NGC Reg. 12.030, chips and tokens “are not the property of anyone other than” the licensee that issued them. They remain casino property to the end. Nevada’s unclaimed-property chapter even carves unredeemed chips out of its scope (NRS 120A.135).

So we do not solicit chips from patrons, and our boxes are labeled for vouchers, cash, and change. If a venue ever wants to co-sponsor a chip donation, that’s something the venue itself directs under its own policy — not something we ask guests to drop in a box.

Status, kept honest: our 501(c)(3) exemption is pending. In Nevada, a charitable organization must register with the Secretary of State before soliciting contributions (NRS 82A.100), and every solicitation must disclose the organization’s registered legal name, physical address, a published phone number or website, its purpose, and whether contributions are tax-deductible (NRS 82A.200).

The moment our registration and exemption are final, we will post both right on this page. Today, while 501(c)(3) is pending, contributions are not yet tax-deductible — please confirm with a tax advisor before giving.

There is nothing to investigate: our program involves no wagers, no gameplay, no handling of casino funds, and no activity on the gaming floor. It is a plain charitable solicitation hosted by a licensee — the same family as the charity boxes casinos already host across the state.

We go further than most: every collection is counted per location and published monthly, our fundraising is 501(c)(3)-track and SOS-registered, and we’re glad to hand any compliance team a one-page summary of our boxes, controls, and redemption process before a box goes in. Open books are the whole point.