1.   Hayden had been instrumental, along with Lungren, in trying to create an independent gaming commission to regulate legalized gambling.

2.   McCaskill began investigating this fall, at the request of the gaming commission.

3.   Some of the employees resigned after the payment became known, and others resigned during the gaming commission hearings.

4.   State gaming commission regulators are closely watching the Kansas City and St. Louis markets, looking for steady growth and signs whether the marketplace has room for additional casinos.

5.   That same month Boyd Gaming submitted yet another statement to the gaming commission.

6.   The Senate passes legislation to create a national gaming commission, strongly opposed by Las Vegas casinos.

7.   Three months later, Monteau, under fire for this and other problems, resigned from the gaming commission, saying he wanted to work outside government.

8.   Worried about the impact of the gaming commission, however, Wynn has now hedged his bets.

9.   Both the sheriff and prosecutor pleaded with the gaming commission to consider the burden the casino could place on their thinly staffed offices.

10.   The floor manager immediately reported himself to the tribal gaming commission, the casino said.