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Charities Are Now Participating in $3 billion Online Gaming Market

Charities Are Now Participating in $3 billion Online Gaming Market

30 Oct, 2001
Internet gambling for charity has arrived in Ohio, USA, to the chagrin of charity and gambling watchdogs. Firestone Park Athletic Association (baseball leagues sponsor), may be the first charity in the state to use online gambling to raise money.
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NY Senate Approves Gambling Expansion

NY Senate Approves Gambling Expansion

29 Oct, 2001
The state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill this week to expand gambling in New York, with state leaders saying new revenue sources are crucial because of the World Trade Center attacks.
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Sega To Take Big Hit on Stock Portfolio

Sega To Take Big Hit on Stock Portfolio

27 Oct, 2001
Sega Corp. said this week it expects a bigger group net loss for the first half that ended Sept. 30 due to an appraisal loss of 23.8 billion yen on its securities holdings in the wake of falling share prices.
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Paramount Parks Makes Rollout Purchase For 2002 Season

Paramount Parks Makes Rollout Purchase For 2002 Season

27 Oct, 2001
Paramount Parks, Inc. has purchased four VR Performance Theaters for its theme parks in the United States and Canada. Paramount joins Six Flags as the second top-ten theme park chain to directly purchase Ham On Rye's innovative and highly profitable attraction.
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Sega to Charge $9.95 for Unlimited Games

Sega to Charge $9.95 for Unlimited Games

26 Oct, 2001
Sega announced this week it would begin charging $9.95 a month as of Nov. 1 for unlimited access to its online network for multiplayer video games.
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Alpha-Omega Amusements Consulting for Zehnder family

Alpha-Omega Amusements Consulting for Zehnder family

26 Oct, 2001
Alpha-Omega Amusements of East Brunswick, N.J., is acting as consultants and suppliers of equipment, service, and training to a trio of amusement centers owned and operated by the Zehnder family, owners of the world famous Bavarian Inn hotel and restaurant facility.
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Battle Begins Over Macau Gaming Market

Battle Begins Over Macau Gaming Market

26 Oct, 2001
MGM MIRAGE, the company that controls more than half of Las Vegas' high-end gambling business, has formally entered the race to acquire a gaming license in one of the Pacific Rim's most potentially lucrative markets: the Chinese port city of Macau.
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New Dracula Theme Park Coming to Transylvania

New Dracula Theme Park Coming to Transylvania

25 Oct, 2001
A new Dracula theme park in the town of Sighisoara, Romania will begin construction in spring which will feature amusement rides, and a Gothic special effects castle.
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29th edition of Enada Show Held in Rome

29th edition of Enada Show Held in Rome

23 Oct, 2001
At the Enada show held in Rome recently, the Italian Government gave operators an assurance that every problem faced with the present law system will be promptly solved by the adjustments of Law 388/00.
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Fire Hawk Now Shipping

Fire Hawk Now Shipping

23 Oct, 2001
Excellent Soft Design's new game "Fire Hawk" which is a vertical scrolling jet shoot them up, featuring both single & co-operative gameplay as well as a myriad of power ups, is now shipping to most parts of the world.
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