Sports betting kiosks in Nevada will disappear on Sunday as William Hill pulls them out of about half the 84 bars, taverns and restaurants in which they operate statewide. Gone will be the opportunity for patrons to open an account, fund it or withdraw money, as well as place bets all without visiting a traditional casino-based sports book. But what remains is the ability for customers to fund their mobile sports betting accounts and get updated lines on games, according to a William Hill executive. “We are repositioning them from kiosks to mobile sports betting deposit hot spots,” said Dan…

From Las Vegas Sun A bill stopping small casinos and slot bars from running sports and race books has been signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The bill, Senate Bill 416, was sought by the Nevada Resort Association, which represents many of the major casinos in Las Vegas. Bars and small casinos with restricted slot licenses for 15 or less machines will be prohibited from having kiosks in their business where a customer can place a wager on a sporting event or horse race. During testimony at the Legislature, representatives of the small casinos said this would mean the…

Opponents of a bill to ban sports betting kiosks at bars and taverns hope to make a defensive stand in the Nevada Assembly after the measure cleared the state Senate. If approved, Senate Bill 416 would prohibit the free-standing sports-betting machines in small establishments with restricted gambling licenses as of July 1. “We’re still alive on the other side,” said Keith Lee, a Reno lawyer and lobbyist for William Hill, said Wednesday. William Hill is an operator of sportsbooks and has about 80 kiosks. The bill pushed by the Nevada Resort Association was approved Tuesday by the Senate on an…