The DGE investigates casino and key employee license applications and makes licensing recommendations to the Commission. The Commission, responsible for licensing New Jersey's casinos and key employees, is an independent agency within the Department of the Treasury the DGE is part of the state's Attorney General's Office. New Jersey casinos are regulated by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). In 1976, New Jersey voters approved casinos in Atlantic City by referendum, and the New Jersey Casino Control Act was signed into law in 1977.
