Mexican Restaurants gets the prize for the most straightforward name in the book. The company operates and franchises more than 70 casual-dining Mexican restaurants located primarily in Texas. Its flagship Casa Ole chain serves standard Mexican and Tex-Mex fare, including burritos, enchiladas, and fajitas, while its Monterey's Little Mexico and Monterey's Tex-Mex Cafe units offer a mix of more authentic Mexican cuisine. In addition, the company operates a chain of half a dozen quick-casual restaurants under the Mission Burritos banner. Other brands include Crazy Jose's and Tortuga Coastal Cantina. More than 60 of the restaurants are company-owned while the rest are franchised.

Straw Hat Cooperative owns and operates Straw Hat Pizza, a chain of about 70 casual dining restaurants located mostly in Northern California. The family-style eateries are popular for their signature pizzas, pasta dishes, and sandwiches. In addition to its pizzerias, the company has a small number of Straw Hat Grill locations that specialize in hamburgers and other sandwiches, along with a few Straw Hat Express units found in strip malls and other retail locations. Founded in 1959, the Straw Hat chain is controlled by its franchise operators.

Heritage Golf Group began in 1999 with funding from private equity firm, GTCR Golder Rauner LLC. Since then, the company has grown an impressive portfolio of twenty one private and resort courses across the country. The Heritage portfolio represents some of the most well-known and acclaimed properties spanning Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Heritage Golf Group, LLC distinguishes itself by its dedication to unrivaled golf and uncompromising service. Heritage Golf Group is led by Bob Husband, president and CEO.

Here's a chain that won't charge you an arm and a leg to put your head on a pillow for a day or two. Days Inns Worldwide is a leading franchiser of economy hotels, with about 1,850 locations in more than a dozen countries, including the US (all 50 states), Canada, China, and the UK. The properties, which attract budget-minded families and business travelers, typically offer affordable rooms with such amenities as cable television, complimentary newspaper service, and swimming pools. Some locations also provide continental breakfast and pet-friendly rooms. Days Inns is owned by hospitality firm Wyndham Worldwide.

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe certainly doesn't lack ingenuity. The Native American tribe owns and operates Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley on the Mille Lacs Reservation in rural east central Minnesota. The casinos offer bingo, blackjack, poker, slot machines, and table games. The resorts also have restaurants, an amphitheater, an events and convention center, an RV park, a golf course, and various retail operations. Nearby Lake Mille Lacs offers fishing, hiking, and snowmobile rentals. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe belongs to one of six groups making up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

Riviera Holdings Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. On July 12, 2010, Riviera Holdings Corp. along with its subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada. Riviera Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; and Riviera Black Hawk Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.

The United States Basketball League (USBL) operates an association of professional basketball teams that play a 30-game schedule from April through June. The league encompasses a half dozen teams, including the Brooklyn Kings, the Dodge City Legend, and the Kansas Cagerz, which compete with 11 players each. The USBL generates revenue mostly through franchise fees and marketing sponsorships. It is intended to be a development league for recent college graduates and international players to showcase their skills for scouts from National Basketball Association teams. The founding Meisenheimer family controls about 90% of the USBL.

Casino Pauma is run by the Pauma-Yuima Band of Mission Indians in the Pauma Valley of California near San Diego. The 65,000 square foot casino hosts slot machines, craps games, and roulette tables, as well as blackjack and poker. Restaurants include the Pauma Bay Cafe and the Red Parrot Lounge. The company's Palm Club promotional service lets gamblers earn points for cash back or merchandise every time they play slots and table games. The Pauma tribe opened the $40-million Casino Pauma in 2001 after assisting county officials with road improvements to the site.

MGM Grand Hotel operates one of the world's largest casino resorts. Opened in 1993, the MGM Grand Las Vegas includes four towers with more than 6,000 hotel rooms and some 160,000 sq. ft. of casino space, which includes some 2,500 slot machines and 160 table games. The casino, which takes up an entire city block on the Las Vegas Strip, also serves as a venue for concerts, sporting events, and magic shows. Other attractions include a Cirque du Soleil show, restaurants from celebrity chefs such as Wolfgang Puck and Emeril Lagasse, shopping outlets, a swimming-pool complex, a spa, a wedding chapel, and a lion habitat. MGM Grand is a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International.

Pacific Lottery Corporation (PLC), founded in 1995, is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is a publicly traded company on the TSX-Venture Exchange, trading under the ticker symbol "LUK", and also quoted on the Frankfurt Exchange. The principal business of the Corporation is to supply comprehensive technology and professional services required for the proper operation of jurisdictional wide On-line lottery programs utilizing point-of-sale lottery terminals and/or mobile device ticket distribution networks. Pacific Lottery Corporation has set up under exclusive contract with the Vietnamese authorities, a modern electronic online lottery program in Vietnam, one of Asia’s most populated and economically vibrant countries. Currently, the Corporation is engaged in expanding this program nationally and is expected to supply the Vietnamese Government with additional proprietary central system equipment, hardware, software and accompanying lottery terminals, as well as provide the training and marketing support that is required for the implementation and proper operation of a national modern online electronic lottery program.

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