Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club is a professional hockey franchise that represents North Carolina in the National Hockey League. Originally founded in 1971 as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA), the team joined the NHL as the Hartford Whalers in 1979. Peter Karmanos, founder and chairman of Compuware, led a group that acquired the team in 1994, relocating it first to Greensboro, North Carolina, before settling in Raleigh in 1999. Playing host that the RBC Center, the team earned its first and only Stanley Cup championship in 2006.

ILX Resorts Incorporated engages in the acquisition, development, marketing, and operation of timeshare resorts in the western United States. The company also markets and sells vacation ownership interests in the timeshare resorts, which entitle the buyers to the ownership of a furnished unit for a one-week period on either an annual or an alternate year basis. In addition, it provides purchase money financing to the buyers of vacation ownership interests at its resorts. Further, the company rents the unused or unsold units at its resorts; and sells food, beverages, and other services at its resorts. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 10 resorts consisting of 577 units and held 8,135.5 unsold vacation ownership interests in its resorts, including unsold interests in Premiere vacation club. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. On March 2, 2009, ILX Resorts Incorporated, along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix.

Batavia Downs Casino is a Video Gaming Center owned and operated by Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation in association with the New York Lottery. Western OTB is a public benefit corporation in the State of New York. Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation operates a telephone betting center with almost 40 branches in western New York state. The branches simulcast both thoroughbred and harness racing from across the US. It also owns and operates New York's standardbred harness racetrack, Batavia Downs. In addition to horse racing and off track betting, Bativa Dows offers two restaurants and nearly 600 video gambling machines so that patrons can lose their money in a variety of ways.

The Florida Lottery is "hot" right now, with new games, bigger prizes, and more winners. If you're looking for information about our games, how to become a retailer, or how the Florida Lottery maximizes its funds to contribute to education, you've come to the right place. On this site you'll find winning numbers, prize payouts, game information, and even a detailed breakdown of the Lottery's contributions to public education, by county since its inception. You can also learn about the history of the Florida Lottery, special events and how to apply to become a member of the Florida Lottery team. Under the "Games" link you'll find all the tools you'll need to play all of the Florida Lottery scratch-off and online games. Future winners can see what's in store by visiting our "Winners" page. When you play, we all win. When you visit the "Education" pages you will find out about Lottery-funded Bright Futures Scholarships, education contributions by the Florida Lottery in your county, and school construction projects.

These birds are partial to Louisville timber. The Baltimore Orioles baseball team is a storied franchise of Major League Baseball, boasting seven American League pennants and three World Series titles (its last in 1983). Organized as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901, the team became the St. Louis Browns the next year and moved to Baltimore in 1954. The team's roster has boasted such Hall of Fame talent as Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken, Jr., and Brooks Robinson. The Orioles organization also has a controlling interest in Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, a regional cable sports channel. Peter Angelos has controlled the team since 1993.The Baltimore Orioles L.P. is the operating company for the professional baseball team of the same name. As a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League, the Orioles play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, situated in the heart of Baltimore. The opening of Oriole Park in 1992 ushered in a new era of baseball-only stadiums that paid architectural homage to the ballparks of an earlier era. While the popularity of its home field led to high attendance, success has not transferred onto the diamond in recent years. A team that was a consistent contender for decades has fallen into an extended period of mediocrity. The club is owned by a group of investors headed by attorney Peter Angelos, a gadfly among baseball's generally conservative group of owners. Minority owners of the Orioles include such celebrities as novelist Tom Clancy, political commentator and columnist George Will, filmmaker Barry Levinson, former tennis player Pam Shriver, and legendary sportscaster Jim McKay.

You might say this company has a premier presence on the UK leisure scene. Whitbread is one of that country's leading hospitality and dining holding companies with operations ranging from hotels to coffee houses to restaurants. It owns Premier Inn, the leading budget hotel chain in the UK, with more than 570 locations. Whitbread also owns Costa, a leading chain of coffee shops with more than 1,500 outlets across more than 20 countries. In addition to those core operations, Whitbread is involved in the UK dining industry through its Beefeater and Table Table casual dining brands and the Brewers Fayre family restaurant chain.

The Continental Basketball Association is the grand daddy of pro hoops worldwide. The CBA, founded in 1946, is the oldest professional basketball league in the world, predating the NBA by just a few months. Considered minor league play, the CBA fields ten teams, located primarily in the Midwestern US with names like the Albany (New York) Patroons, Atlanta Krunk, and the Minot (North Dakota) Skyrockets. Most CBA players try to use the league as a launching pad into the NBA, about 600 have succeeded. It also serves as the training ground for officials and coaches who want to make the jump to the big leagues.The CBA is the "World's Oldest League," dating its origins back to April 23, 1946, when it was called the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (1946-47). The league began with six franchises - five in Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Allentown, Lancaster and Reading) and a sixth team in New York (Binghamton, who later moved in mid-season to Pottsville, Pa.). In 1948, it was renamed the Eastern Professional Basketball League. Over the years, it would later add franchises in several other Pennsylvania cities, including Williamsport, Scranton and Sunbury, as well as place teams in New Jersey (Trenton, Camden, Asbury Park), Connecticut (New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport), Delaware (Wilmington) and Massachusetts (Springfield).

Chairman and CEO Michael Harrell founded the Houston-based Vista Host, Inc. in 1977. Vista Host company operates some 25 mid-priced hotel properties in about a dozen states (mostly Southern) under such banners as Comfort Suites, Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn, and Fairfield Inn & Suites. Vista opens limited-service hotels in highly trafficked tourist areas and consistently wins customer service awards. Vista Host company, which prides itself on using the latest technological innovations, offers free wireless Internet access in most of its properties.

The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club entered the National Hockey League in 1967 and has made just one appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. Led by the great Wayne Gretzky, the team reached the championship in 1993 but lost to the Montreal Canadiens. The franchise plays host at the Staples Center, which it shares with the title-laden Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz and Los Angeles developer Edward Roski have owned the Kings since 1995. The partners also own the Staples Center and a minority stake in the Lakers.

The company was co-founded in 1995 by Sandy Orr, Executive Chairman, Donald MacDonald, Vice Chairman, and David Orr, Chief Executive, with Bill Crerar and was set up as a joint venture with the Bank of Scotland.

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