1.   Although it is expected to be extremely, the commission appeared to be unanimous in its desire to stop the highly lucrative online gambling companies.

2.   Bally, unlike other gambling companies, derives the bulk of its revenue from slot-machine operations rather than table games.

3.   Berman also picked up another partner, Alpha Hospitality, a gambling company that already had a deal with the Mohawks to run an off-reservation casino.

4.   A federal case also is pending in Wisconsin in which a gambling company has sued to get a judgment on whether Internet gambling is legal.

5.   A Missouri judge on Friday banned an Internet gambling company from operating in the state.

6.   After years of aggressive expansion, gambling companies face the prospect that the capacity of casinos will eventually outpace the number of players to fill them.

7.   But investors have been skeptical of the gambling company for other reasons, too.

8.   But ties between Mafia-connected businesses and gambling companies are a major concern to casino licensing officials.

9.   Even gambling company officials and their supporters acknowledge that Florida does not represent their finest hour.

10.   Executives of other gambling companies said that position might be an overstatement.