John Huxley (Casino Equipment) Limited sells a variety of casino equipment, gaming tables, supplies, security systems, and other items including an aroma diffusion system to help casinos cement their brand with scent. Its divisions include live gaming, electronic gaming, gaming systems and security, and automated products that include chip sorters, displays, and a black jack dealing machine. It also offers casino design software. John Huxley (Casino Equipment) Limited, which sells its wares worldwide, has offices and factories in London, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Johannesburg, Sydney, and Macao. Chairman Bertil Knutsson, via his Swedish firm Pata-Pata AB, owns John Huxley.

American Vantage Companies, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and management of Border Grill Las Vegas restaurant. It holds a 49% interest in Border Grill, which owns and operates the Border Grill Las Vegas restaurant in a casino hotel located in Las Vegas. American Vantage Companies was founded in 1979 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Houston Astros Baseball Club joined Major League Baseball in 1962 as the Colt .45s of the National League (it was renamed in 1965) but have yet to win a World Series championship. The team has been a perennial playoff contender, however, and earned its first pennant in 2005. (Houston lost the World Series that year to the Chicago White Sox, however.) The Astros play host at Minute Maid Park. The team is owned by local businessman Drayton McLane, who's family built a fortune through wholesale food supplier McLane Company.

NexCen owns and manages seven brands covering Quick Service Restaurants ("QSR") and Retail Footwear and Accessories, generating revenue through the franchising of those brands worldwide. NexCen's franchised brands include five QSR brands: Great American Cookies, MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery, Marble Slab Creamery, Pretzelmaker and Pretzel Time and two franchised Retail concepts: TAF (The Athlete's Foot) and Shoebox New York. NexCen currently has approximately 1,700 franchised stores across its brands, located in over 35 countries worldwide. NexCen Brands, Inc. strategy is to create value for its stakeholders (including shareholders and franchisees) through the franchising and marketing of its brands. NexCen, through its advertising, marketing and public relations teams, markets its brands to drive greater consumer awareness and brand equity and to grow its presence worldwide through its network of franchised retail outlets. NexCen also recognizes that, as a royalty-based business, its success depends upon the success of its franchisees and through its franchisee support network, advanced information-technology systems, real estate and store opening support teams, continually seeks to provide a turn-key solution and create value for its business partners.

Santa's Village was established in 1955 as a tourist destination by a group of local citizens when the Highway 11 was built and bypassed Bracebridge. These citizens felt that perhaps Santa would like a summer home in the most beautiful cottage area in Ontario which also happened to be conveniently located half way between the equator and the North Pole, on the 45th parallel. Santa liked the idea so much that he had his elves build, not just a cottage, but a whole village to which he could invite everyone to come and experience the joy of Christmas all summer long. Under Santa's direction, the elves put in rides, games and an amphitheatre and prepared delicious food to please his guests. All of this is set in an enchanting natural woodland and watercourse environment.

Home Inns & Hotels Management aims to provide a home away from home in China. The company operates and manages about 470 economy hotels under the Home Inn banner in nearly 100 cities across the country, including most major cities and tourist destinations. The company leases properties that it develops and operates; it also franshises its brand for other hotel owners, and Home Inns then manages the properties. With more than 55,000 rooms, Home Inns locations cater to both business and leisure travelers and feature such amenities as free broadband Internet access and workspaces.

The San Jose Sharks professional hockey franchise represents the San Francisco Bay Area in the National Hockey League, having joined as an expansion team in 1991. Despite some success in reaching the playoffs the past several years, fans are still waiting for an appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. The team plays host at HP Pavilion, affectionately known as "The Shark Tank." George and Gordon Gund, former owners of the Cleveland Cavaliers, were originally awarded the NHL franchise; Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment, an investment group led by veteran sports executive Greg Jamison, has owned the team since 2002.

Founded in 1878, Everton Football Club pre-dates neighboring clubLiverpool FC but now must follow in its world-famous rival's successful footsteps. Playing in the Premier League, the English football club has had its share of ups and downs but still commands a loyal legion of fanz. Payments from Premiership broadcasting rights, along with money generated during game days by ticket and match program sales, account for most of the club's revenues. Chairman Bill Kenwright has a 25% stake in the team; Planet Hollywood founder and CEO Robert Earl owns about 20%.

Dallas Cowboys Football Club operates the famed Dallas Cowboys professional football franchise, one of the most popular teams in the National Football League and the winner of five Super Bowl titles (a mark it shares with the San Francisco 49ers). Dallas has been home to such Hall of Fame players as Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, and Roger Staubach, as well as famed head coach Tom Landry. The team was founded in 1960 by Clint Murchison Jr. and Bedford Wynne. Oilman Jerry Jones has owned the team since 1989.

MDI Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scientific Games (NASDAQ: SGMS) is the world leader in providing game and promotional entertainment for use by the worldwide lottery industry. Established in 1986, MDI began marketing licensed games to lotteries in 1996 and since then has built a licensed property portfolio of extraordinarily popular licensed, patented or otherwise copyrighted properties for which MDI holds exclusive lottery licensing rights, including some of the world's best known and most loved symbols of entertainment and pop culture. While they are typically positioned as niche games with discrete consumer segment appeal, the added excitement and bonus entertainment value built into the MDI licensed games often makes them among the most successful sellers in a lottery's line-up, when compared to comparably priced generic games. Post-promotion consumer research conducted by MDI, Scientific Games and customer lotteries has confirmed repeatedly that the use of merchandise in lottery games contributes significantly to the entertainment value that lottery consumers expect from their lottery play experiences. Findings from consumer research include measurable improvements in play behavior among consumers (creating new players, bringing lapsed players back into the market, creating or strengthening player loyalty and satisfaction), as well as attitudinal improvements, i.e. making the lottery more entertaining and fun to play.

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