41.   Edwards and his six co-defendants are accused of trying to rig riverboat casino licenses and extort money from people who wanted the licenses.

42.   Edwards was convicted in May on federal charges of taking payoffs in return for riverboat casino licenses.

43.   Federal prosecutors allege a scheme to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen applying for riverboat casino licenses.

44.   Former Gov. Edwin Edwards will remain free while he appeals his conviction for extorting applicants for riverboat casino licenses.

45.   He said the company will also bid for a casino license in Wellington in New Zealand and several in South Africa.

46.   He testified in a packed courtroom Monday that he paid Edwards for help getting state approval for a casino license in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.

47.   He was convicted in May of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen applying for riverboat casino licenses during and after his final term in office.

48.   He was convicted in May on charges of taking payoffs in return for riverboat casino licenses and could go prison.

49.   King received permission Wednesday from the state Casino Control Commission to apply for a casino service industry license, which would allow him to work with casinos.

50.   Prosecutors said he extorted Jazz Enterprises Inc., which sought and received a riverboat casino license.