But lawmakers there want more oversight of gambling with the coming expansion, as a way to protect the players, they claim.

The state lottery already has made rules about the casino contract process and slot machine distributions, and those temporary rules are already in place, experts said. The lottery usually allowed to use temporary rules because most of its games are of such short duration that the rules wouldn't make it through the review process before the games are over.

But some members of the legislative committees in the state House and Senate reckon casino games and slot machines are more lucrative than regular lottery games and ought to be subject to stringent rules.

"There's some of the guys that believe there is a big difference between a lottery game that runs six weeks, and running a poker table or craps table or a roulette table and slot machines," said Rep. Arlen Siegfreid, (R-Olathe), a member of the Joint Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee. "We believe those should be run by permanent rules and regulations."

This proposal is not going over well with the state's executive branch, however.

Second-Guessing

According to Ed Van Petten, the lottery's executive director, the new gambling law, SB 66, allows the lottery to use temporary rules to implement it, and that's all that's needed.

"It seems kind of silly to me to be second-guessing the 2007 legislative session after it's over," said Van Petten.

Van Petten said the bill requires the lottery to submit its gambling rules and regulations to the attorney general's office, which it does regularly, as the lottery will own and operate the games under the new gambling act, setting rules for how blackjack dealers deal, for changes in slot games, and for background checks on dealers.

"I think what they don't understand is that we are the only ones given that temporary authority," Van Petten said.

Others have more arcane concerns.

According to Rep. Brenda Landwehr, R-Wichita, she's upset that the regulations are moving forward without input from the public.

"I've got a problem with that," Landwehr said.

The standard procedure for new state regulations would include one or more public hearings, review by the attorney general and a vote of the Legislature.

"This is way bigger than the lottery," said Landwehr.

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