Pubs and beer come together at Cains. Formerly Honeycombe Leisure, Cains Beer Company is a leading operator of managed pubs in the UK, with more than 100 locations mostly in the north part of the country offering brews and other beverages. Its estate also includes a small number of inns offering accommodations, as well as bars and entertainment venues. In addition to public houses, Cains is a leading UK brewer with a portfolio of popular labels including Cains Finest Lager and Cains Dark Mild. It also produces beers under contract for wholesalers and supermarkets.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the racing, gaming, and entertainment businesses. It owns and operates Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester, West Virginia; Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Erie, Pennsylvania; and Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio. The company operates slot machines, poker tables, and casino table games, including blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games, as well as offers live thoroughbred horse racing and on-site pari-mutuel wagering. MTR Gaming Group also operates Racelinebet.com, an account wagering service that provides online and telephone wagering on horse races. MTR Gaming Group, Inc. was formerly known as Secamur Corporation and changed its name to MTR Gaming Group, Inc. in 1996.

The first Black Angus Steakhouse opened in April 1964 by Stuart Anderson, a prominent rancher and Washington State native, in the remodeled dining room of the Caledonia, a Seattle hotel. The original concept for the Steakhouse was to provide patrons with a top quality, complete steak dinner at an affordable price, served in a warm, comfortable atmosphere with friendly service. Today, there are 46 Steakhouses located in six western states. Each of the locations has approximately 75 employees and serves an average of 3,000 customers per week.From the beginning, Black Angus Steakhouse has built its reputation on providing a great steakhouse experience. Our Chefs take pride in serving Black Angus steaks that are carefully aged and grilled to order over an open flame. At Black Angus Steakhouse, superior quality and friendly service is more than a tradition - it's our passion every day.

The Matt Prentice Restaurant Group began in 1980 with a dream and a deli. Twenty-year-old Matthew Prentice took over a shuttered sandwich shop in Oak Park, MI, tossed his last $200 into the till and opened the very first Deli Unique serving entrees like Beef Wellington and Flaming Duck at Deli prices. Expanding and exploring, MPRG has continued to introduce fresh concepts from its newest eclectic steakhouse, Coach Insignia to the whimsy and value of Tavern on 13. By the summer of 2004, MPRG operated 26 venues including 12 restaurants, an 11,000 square-foot artisan bakery, and a host of banquet sites. Today, MPRG continues to operate 10 restaurants, 1 artisan bakery and several banquet facilities.

Dippin' Dots is the product of a scientist with a sweet tooth. Experimenting with cryogenics in 1988, microbiologist and entrepreneur Curt Jones used liquid nitrogen to flash-freeze ice cream into tiny beads and named his creations Dippin' Dots. Today the company has a chain of more than 400 franchised locations in the US selling Dippin' Dots ice cream, frozen yogurt, and frozen ice. The product, once billed as The Ice Cream of the Future, comes in about two dozen flavors, and is manufactured at the company's plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Dippin' Dots' Global division oversees licensees in about 10 countries.

Sun International Limited company operates about a dozen casinos and some 10 resort-style hotels in South Africa. Flagship resort complex Sun City boasts four hotels, two golf courses, and a water park. (Sun City is also the location of the 2002 signing of the Sun City Agreement, a treaty ending the Second Congo War.) The company has additional properties in Egypt, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Sun International is South Africa's largest casino operator, with nearly half of the market share, and its hotels have a total of 3,500 rooms. Sun International Limited was founded by Sol Kerzner, the head of Kerzner International.

AlacraStore.com is an e-commerce website offering consumers access to select reports from a host of premium databases. Searching AlacraStore.com is free. You register to purchase and download reports with a credit card. Types of business information available include company fundamentals and financials, credit research, earnings estimates, economic data, filings, market and investment research and news. Company coverage includes more than 50,000 global public companies, 20,000 private issuers of public debt and 350,000 global private companies with more than $20 million in revenue or 200 employees. Searches can be performed by keyword, company name, ticker symbol, publisher, or industry criteria. AlacraStore.com is a service of Alacra, Inc. Alacra is a leading global provider of business and financial information and solutions. A privately held company founded in 1996, Alacra is headquartered in New York City. The company provides a diverse portfolio of authoritative databases along with proprietary solutions that enable clients to quickly find, analyze, package and present mission-critical business information. Alacra customers include more than 700 leading financial institutions, professional service firms, consulting, law and accounting firms and other corporations throughout the world.

Sportech wants you to be a sport..or at least "bet" on sport. Sportech PLC gives folks in the UK any number of ways (phone, internet, mail, interactive TV, even door-to-door "collectors") to bet on any number of games, from sports (football, racing, golf, rugby, tennis, snooker) to entertainment (with betting linked to such TV programming as "Pop Idol" and quiz shows). Sportech PLC also offers lotto and casino games. Operations include Sportech's popular Littlewoods Football Pools, which has been in the business since 1923, and Zetters Football Pools (acquired in 2002).

USISL operates as United Soccer Leagues (USL) overseeing a collection of soccer divisions that compete in North America. Its USL First and Second Divisions feature a total of about 20 professional teams that compete in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. The USL also runs amateur leagues (Premier Development League and W-League) and youth soccer leagues (Super-20 League and Super Y-League). It is affiliated with the US Soccer Federation, along with Major League Soccer (MLS). USL began as the Southwest Indoor Soccer League in 1986; it was formed by president Francisco Marcos.

It all began on January 27, 1958. With fifty dollars in the cash register, Del and Helen Johnson opened "Sizzler Family Steak House" in Culver City, California.Dwight D. Eisenhower was in his second term as the 34th President of the United States. A 14-year-old Bobby Fischer took the United States Chess Championship. “Gigi” won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The American girl group The Shirelles began.And finally, everyone could enjoy a great steak dinner at an affordable price. ($1.19 back then)

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