1.   Besides granting licenses to casino operators and having to enforce gaming laws, the commission sometimes takes on a promotional role for the gambling industry, Nixon said.

2.   Casino development is on hold until the state supreme court there resolves challenges to gaming laws.

3.   Hilton also was found by state authorities to have had a business relationship with a convicted felon in violation of state gaming law.

4.   It is the IRS-reported winnings that the state is eying under an obscure section of state gaming law.

5.   Previous attempts by McCain, Indian Affairs Committee chairman, to reform reservation gaming law have failed amid discord between the tribes and states.