Complaint filed against Henderson slot route operator

The complaint, posted Monday, says John-Martin Meyer and his company Perpetual Gaming should be fined and action should be taken against his license.

The three-member board said the conduct of the company “was improper, dishonest, and/or intended to mislead the board and/or circumvent certain licensing and other requirements …”

Meyer will have a chance to challenge the allegations before the parent state Gaming Commission, which will decide the final punishment, if any.

The 43-page complaint, drawn up by Deputy Attorney General Edward Magaw, said Meyer allowed unlicensed persons to work in his business and then lied to the board about it.

He permitted unlicensed companies to operate under his firm and distribute slot machines to locations in Clark County, the complaint said.

Slot machines were leased to tribal casinos in California in return for a percentage of the revenue. The complaint said Perpetual Gaming failed to comply with regulations on foreign gaming.

It is alleged four “Mini-Bertha" slot machines were sent to the Cache Creek Casino in Brooks; three “Mini-Bertha” machines were shipped to Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville and eight “Mini-Bertha” machines went to the Pechanga Resort in Temecula.

The complaint said there was a co-mingling of $1 million between Meyer’s company and SMG LLC, which was not licensed in Nevada.