Thursday March 18, 2010 - 14:16 EST

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Nevada's top gaming regulator defended his agency's 3-year-old approval of MGM Mirage's business partner in Macau despite Wednesday's finding by his New Jersey counterparts that Hong Kong businesswoman Pansy Ho was unsuitable and under the influence of her Asian casino magnate father, who has extensive ties to Chinese organized crime triads.