1.   Although most large casino companies already finance research and treatment for such problems, state lotteries are not required to do so.

2.   And both Edwardses have performed either legal or consulting work for a variety of casino companies in Louisiana since the former governor left office.

3.   And other casino companies, including Circus Circus Enterprises Inc., MGM Grand Inc. and Boyd Gaming Corp. are planning to build new casinos in Atlantic City.

4.   Another executive vice president, F.M. Celey Jr., will become chief operating officer and director of the casino company.

5.   At the same time, casino companies are attracting corporate suitors.

6.   Bollenbach said that delaying the combination would put the hotel and casino companies at a competitive disadvantage as other lodging companies rush to combine.

7.   Acquisitions are the soup of the day for casino companies.

8.   But in the past, casino companies have had greater luck in getting gambling bills approved inside legislatures than through the ballot box.

9.   But Silver argued that first passage was needed now to encourage casino companies to consider New York as a place to invest.

10.   But representatives of Park Place Entertainment, the casino company that Goldberg once headed, strongly object.