1.   And its net loss widened in the fourth quarter amid fierce competition in Atlantic City, where the company operates three casinos.

2.   And the Lummi Tribe operates a casino north of Bellingham.

3.   Aside from putting his own assets at risk, a personal bankruptcy filing would jeopardize his license to operate a casino.

4.   Aztar operates casinos in Atlantic City, Nevada, Indiana and Missouri.

5.   Atlantic City, New Jersey-based Players International owns and operates riverboat casinos.

6.   A dizzying number of new groups are seeking a chance to operate tribal casinos.

7.   A company that operates floating casinos objected when a South Carolina state agency denied its boat permission to dock in state-owned facilities.

8.   But the Mohawks could not finance or operate the casino.

9.   Chairman Whitish complained yesterday that the years of negotiations have failed to produce a compact with the state on operating a casino.

10.   Carrier and Hall believe that the biggest opposition will come from horse-racing interests and Indian tribes that operate casinos in Oklahoma.