1.   An investigation into how casino licenses were dispensed resulted in a busy October at the federal courthouse in Baton Rouge.

2.   Barden, whose bid for a casino license was deemed inferior by the mayor last fall, has vowed to continue fighting.

3.   A casino license awarded in British Columbia last December has triggered two sensitive police investigations.

4.   But last week, Trump said that the Whitman administration threatened to pull his casino license if he went forward with the advertisements, so he canceled those plans.

5.   But the annex is open largely to keep the Carlton name in sight while it awaits word on the casino license from Gauteng province.

6.   DeBartolo Entertainment had joined with Hollywood Casino Corp. to win a casino license for a riverboat in Bossier City, La.

7.   Earlier this month it said London gaming authorities granted it a new casino license, adding to its existing string of four London clubs.

8.   Edwards was named an unindicted co-conspirator, and was convicted in a separate bribery trial last May involving the award of a riverboat casino license.

9.   Each province will conduct its own bidding for casino licenses.

10.   For that to happen, Rank will have to apply for a New Jersey casino license.