Oade v. State

OPINION

By the Court, Springer, C. J.:

On May 5, 1994, State Gaming Control arrested Blake Oade at the Clarion Hotel and Casino in Reno for unlawfully increasing *621two bets in a blackjack game. Oade was charged with two counts of fraudulent gaming pursuant to NRS 465.070 and NRS 465.088. At trial, Oade argued that he was intoxicated the morning of the incident and that this caused him to make mistakes while he was playing blackjack. Oade explained that, in one instance, he must have mistakenly dropped extra chips on his original bet after the cards had been dealt and that, in the other instance,…