Can teens or babies walk through a casino or stand with you while you gamble?
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Walk through, yes; stand with you while you play, no. Anyone under 21 can cross a casino floor on the way somewhere, but cannot stop at a machine or a table, even next to a parent.
What is allowed
Nevada law lets under-21s pass through on a direct route to the elevators, a restaurant, a show or the pool, with an adult or without, and every resort is built so you cannot avoid it. Babies in a carrier or a stroller count the same way: fine in transit, not parked next to a machine. Strollers are allowed on the walkways.
What is not
Sitting at a slot, standing beside you at blackjack, waiting on the rail while you finish a hand. Security enforces it, usually with a polite "keep moving", and the parent who keeps gambling with a child at their elbow is the one asked to leave.
18, 19 and 20
The same rule, which surprises families with college-age kids. Eighteen buys nothing in a Nevada casino: gambling, drinking, the sportsbook and the casino bars all start at 21. A 19-year-old can eat, see most shows, swim at the resort pools (not the dayclubs or Circa) and walk the Strip. If an underage player somehow wins, the casino voids the win and keeps the money.
Teens out alone
- The Strip: Clark County's curfew keeps under-18s off the Strip and its side streets without a parent or an adult over 21 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and legal holidays.
- Elsewhere: off the streets after 10 p.m. on school nights.
- Fremont Street: its own 9 p.m. rule on the same days.
In the daytime, a 16-year-old wandering a resort mall is nobody's concern. The whole set of family rules is in Las Vegas with kids.