How could the government be shut down, yet issue orders?
Isn't it just like a Government, to think they are omniscient?
They claim they are "shut down" (i.e., no longer existent) yet their "agents" go to a private business (from which they were previously raking in a ""Bite") and shut it down, because the "protectors" from the government can't be there to "oversee" the casino workers?
If I owned the casino, I think I would seriously consider telling the government agent that came in to close my business, that he had no "authority" to do it since his "agency" was no longer currently operating, and therefore, no longer in existence. (unless of course, the agents were connected and then I would shut it quicker than you can say "Soprano"
but if he was just an agency rep, I would simply tell him that under my understanding of the statement by the former Governor, the State was no longer in existence.
That way, if the Government thought they were losing any actual funds from thier "bite" they would balance the budget, and open right back up.