In Nevada the gaming commission operates almost as a separate branch of government. In most states they are merely an administrative agency with far less power.

Again using Illinois as an example, the commission rep is a state police officer. Disputes are resolved in courts, and the commission has proven to be fairly toothless in Ill (which is the way the party wants it).

You would be woefully dissapointed in the calibre of 'expert' the state uses in gambling cases. The one I had involving illegal gambling with the atty gen office (I was the defense atty not the defendant ), their expert did not know what a Random Number Generator was, referred to left over monies as winnings (he placed $20 into the machine, played for awhile, requested to cashout the remaining $5-he testified that he 'won' $5).

It got so bad that the judge had me simply define the terms in dispute to the jury, the expert couldn't.

Sadly the best discussion with counsel and the Judge occurred in chambers (so no transcript): The AAG claimed I was fabricating this alleged 'hobby' of collecting, that a person with excess casino paraphernalia had it for criminal purposes. I offered to provide evidence and witnesses on the issue, but the Judge already fed up with the state, indicated that if it became an actual issue in the case at bar, he would take judicial notice of the hobby.