ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Casino Control Commission on Wednesday allowed MGM Resorts International one step closer toward getting back into the Atlantic City casino market.

The company wants the commission to let it keep its 50 percent ownership of the Borgata. The commission allowed MGM to move forward Wednesday with its application, but a final decision still needs to be made following what regulators promised would be a “thorough, exhaustive” examination of MGM’s worldwide business operations.