Scioto Downs operates a harness horseracing racing facility in Columbus, Ohio. The track features wagering on live races from May through mid-October; its grandstand and clubhouse can accommodate more than 11,000 people. Scioto Downs also offers simulcast racing, along with dining and other entertainments. The racing facility is owned by MTR Gaming Group. Not only can you bet on exciting harness racing at Scioto Downs, you can also take your chances on the many exciting games offered by the Ohio Lottery. The Ohio Lottery offers customers a wide variety of games and Scioto Downs is proud to be a licensed retailer for the Ohio Lottery Commission.

With nearly 50 company and franchised locations worldwide, Damon's International, Inc., is a leading full-service, casual dining restaurant concept that emphasizes prime rib, grilled steaks, chicken, seafood, salad and Damon's award-winning ribs. Guests enjoy a quiet dining room or Damon's high-energy Clubhouse that features DTV, a proprietary, state-of-the-art multi-screen entertainment system offering sports, network programming and interactive games. Founded in 1979, Damon's International, Inc., is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Like the original pizzerias and trattorias of Italy, Bertucci's started as a place for friends, family and neighbors to gather. That was in 1981 in Somerville, Massachusetts. And now friends, family and neighbors gather in more than 90 restaurants in ten states and the District of Columbia. And that's because since 1981 we have held true to Bertucci's origins. Honesty and passion are still at the heart of every Bertucci's meal. A passion for flavors, a passion for creativity and a passion for tradition. Time-honored recipes and our imaginations are what allow us to create uncomplicated dishes that are full of flavor. Every morning we roast our own vegetables in our signature brick ovens and the rolls our guests have come to crave are baked fresh every hour. And our sauces are created daily in small batches to ensure their flavor and quality.

Seven & I Food Systems is a leading restaurant operator in Japan with more than 650 locations. It's quick-service chains Famil and Poppo are found mostly in Ito-Yokado retail stores. The company also operates a chain of Denny's family-style restaurants offering local favorites (tempura shrimp, soba noodles), as well as hamburgers, sandwiches, and variations on American-style bacon and eggs. In addition, Seven & I Food Systems has contract foodservice operations serving hospitals and schools. It is a subsidiary of retail conglomerate Seven & I Holdings.

Lakes Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, finances, and manages Indian-owned casino properties. As of December 31, 2009, Lakes Entertainment Inc. held development and management or financing agreements with four separate tribes for casino operations in Michigan, California, and Oklahoma for a total of five separate casino projects. Lakes Entertainment Inc. also develops non-Indian casino projects in Mississippi, Kansas, and Ohio. In addition, it develops, buys, patents, and licenses rights for new table game concepts to market/distribute and license to casinos.

Aruze Gaming America, Inc., a global gaming corporation since 1983, designs, develops and manufactures slot machines and gaming devices for the global casino market. The corporate office is located in Las Vegas with subsidiaries and branches in Australia, South Africa, Macau, Japan and the Philippine. Aruze Gaming America is a leading manufacturer of casino gaming machines for markets in the US and overseas. It makes mechanical reel slots and video slot machines, as well as multi-player games based on such casino favorites as blackjack and roulette. The company has international subsidiaries in Australia, China, Japan, and South Africa. Tokyo-based Pachinko manufacturer Universal Entertainment (formerly Aruze Corp.) sold Aruze Gaming America to CEO Kazuo Okada in 2009. Okada also serves as chairman of Universal Entertainment and is vice chairman of Wynn Resorts.

Ker Inc. (doing business as Ker's WingHouse restaurants) sells more than chicken wings. The company's main attraction is its scantily-clad waitresses, who are known as "WingHouse Girls." The restaurant chain has about 20 locations, mostly in Florida, but two are in the Dallas, Texas, area. (Founder and President Crawford Ker spent six years with the Dallas Cowboys). Ker's WingHouse restaurants have a sports bar atmosphere and serve breaded, Buffalo-style, and skinless chicken wings, as well as hamburgers, sandwiches, and salads. The first Ker's WingHouse opened in Largo, Florida, in 1994.

PFIP (better known as Planet Fitness) is counting on the bare bones (and muscles) of the fitness center model. The company (not to be confused with the Planet Fitness chain purchased by Bally in 2002 and mostly converted to Crunch Gyms) doesn't offer group exercise classes, daycare, or swimming pools at its facilities; instead, it depends solely on selectorized, free weight, and cardio equipment to get members in the door. Because of its no-frills approach, PFIP is able to charge less for memberships, which typically average about $10 per month. Planet Fitness has more than 250 clubs in about 30 states.

St. Louis hockey fans have been singing the blues for a long time. St. Louis Blues Hockey Club operates a professional ice hockey team that entered the National Hockey League in 1967 but has yet to capture a Stanley Cup championship. Despite many playoff appearances, St. Louis boasts just two appearances in the final round of the NHL playoffs during back-to-back seasons in 1969 and 1970. The franchise plays host at St. Louis' Scottrade Center. An investment group led by former New York Knicks president Dave Checketts has owned the Blues since 2006.

You might say this company is cooking up some classics on a daily basis. Grill Concepts operates a chain of more than 20 Daily Grill restaurants offering upscale casual dining in a setting reminiscent of a classic American grill during the 1930s and 1940s. Located primarily in California, the restaurants serve such fare as chicken pot pie, meatloaf, and cobbler, as well as steak, seafood, and pasta. In addition to its company-owned locations, Grill Concepts has a small number of licensed and managed units operating in shopping areas and hotels. The Daily Grill concept is based on the company's half dozen Grill on the Alley fine dining restaurants. CEO Robert Spivak co-founded the Daily Grill chain in 1984.

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