The New Jersey Devils professional hockey team entered the National Hockey League in 1974 as the Kansas City Scouts and relocated to Colorado until it settled in the Garden State in 1982. One last relocation saw the Devils take up residence at the Prudential Center in Newark in 2007 after several years playing host at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford. A regular contender for the playoffs, the hockey franchise boasts three Stanley Cup championships, its last in 2003. An investment group led by Jeffrey Vanderbeek has owned the team since 2004.

The operation boasts a 32-story hotel with some 1,700 rooms, a spa and salon, 12 restaurants, 12 boutiques and shops, and a theatre for live entertainment. The nearby 18-hole golf course, the Fallen Oak, was built exclusively for Beau Rivage guests. Oh, and don't forget the 85,000-square-foot casino, with its 93 table games, 2,100 slot machines, 230 video-poker games, and a high-roller salon with 10 blackjack tables. Beau Rivage Resorts is a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International.

Nath Companies owns and operates a chain of about a dozen casual-dining restaurants in the Twin Cities area under the names Axel's and Axel's Bonfire. Its Axel's locations feature mostly steaks, seafood, and pasta, while Axel's Bonfire serves Southwestern-styled cuisine. The company also owns a small portfolio of family-dining restaurants franchised from Denny's, as well as three hotels in Minnesota and Tennessee. Other operations include property management, accounting and financial services, and payroll outsourcing. CEO Mahendra Nath and his wife, Asha, started the company in 1980 as a real estate firm.

The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission operates several numbers games (Mass Cash, Cash Winfall, Mega Millions), as well as a variety of scratch-off games. Massachusetts also participates in the 12-state Mega Millions lottery. State law requires that at least 45% of lottery proceeds must go to pay prizes, while a maximum of 15% can be used for operating expenses. The remainder of the commission's take is distributed throughout Massachusetts to fund such local services as fire and police protection, as well as for education programs. The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission was created in 1971.

The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is a stock car racing organization that operates two racing circuits and two speedways. Its ARCA RE/MAX Series includes about two dozen events featuring automobiles similar to those used in NASCAR events. The association also sanctions the Lincoln Welders Truck Series, a shorts circuit of races featuring modified pickup trucks. Many of the races are televised on the SPEED Channel (owned by FOX Entertainment). In 1953 John Marcum and his wife Mildred started the Midwest Association for Race Cars, which evolved into the ARCA in 1964.

Comcast Spectacor keeps the testosterone flowing in the City of Brotherly Love. The sports and entertainment company owns and operates both the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, along with the city's Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum arenas. Comcast Spectacor also owns event and facility management firm Global Spectrum and Ovations Food Services, a contract foodservices provider and concessions operator. Other operations include New Era Tickets and figure skating promoter Disson Skating. Cable giant Comcast owns 66% of the company; chairman and founder Ed Snider leads the minority owners.

Lady of America Franchise Corporation company franchises about 300 fitness clubs in 45 states across the US and about ten foreign countries. Lady of America offers members a workout alternative to the co-ed gym at its Lady of America and LOA Fitness for Women full-service gyms, or the smaller Ladies Workout Express, which is designed to get its members in and out in less than 30 minutes. The company allows men at its Workout Express and Health Clubs of America locations. Lady of America was founded in 1984 by Roger Wittenberns; it began franchising in 1989.

Founded by David T. Nederlander, the Nederlander Organization began in 1912 with the purchase of a 99-year lease on the old Detroit Opera House. Now into their third generation of theatre development, ownership, management and production, the Nederlander Organization is one of the largest, most experienced operators of live theatre. Generally credited with creating the outdoor amphitheater concept as it is known today, the Nederlanders developed a unique ability to maintain a variety booking approach that responded to varied community interests. Under the guidance of its Chairman, James M. Nederlander and its President, James L. Nederlander, these policies have included a significant effort to produce and present cultural attractions such as the Bolshoi Ballet, The Moiseyev Ballet, The D'oyly-Carte Opera, The Georgian State Dance Company, Ballet Folklorico, The Peking Opera and local symphonies.

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.

There may not have ever really been six flags over Georgia, but don't let that keep you from having a good time at Six Flags Over Georgia. This limited partnership, managed by a subsidiary of Six Flags, provides management and operations services for Six Flags Over Georgia, an amusement park in an Atlanta suburb. Six Flags Over Georgia II L.P. leases the park site (290 acres) and is under contract to provide management services until 2026. The partnership also owns Six Flags White Water Atlanta, a 69 acre water park some 20 miles from the Six Flags Over Georgia park.

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