Sue Wagner
Legislative leadership and gaming regulation
A legislator and Nevada’s first woman elected lieutenant governor, later appointed to the Gaming Commission.
A succession of public offices
The Legislature’s 1997 resolution records Wagner’s Assembly service from 1975 to 1980, Senate service from 1981 to 1990 and election as lieutenant governor in 1990. [1]
A regulatory chapter
The same contemporary resolution recognizes Bob Miller’s appointment of Wagner to the Gaming Commission. Her career connects elected state government with the body responsible for licensing decisions in Nevada’s principal industry. [1]
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Nevada builds a stronger gambling regulator
The Gaming Control Act took effect on July 1, 1959. The Mob Museum explains the creation of the Nevada Gaming Commission and the subsequent exclusion policies that challenged organized crime’s place in the casinos. Regulation grew stronger well before the skim finally ended.
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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 34
A contemporary commendation records Wagner’s public offices and Gaming Commission appointment.