MGM Mirage to buy Lincoln Park dog track - 2004-01-28
MGM Mirage, the third-largest U.S. casino company,
agreed to purchase Wembley Plc for $493 million)\ to add its first gambling sites in the U.K. as the British government considers relaxing gaming laws.

MGM Mirage will pay 750 pence for each share of London-based Wembley, or 22 percent higher than its closing share price yesterday. Wembley owns six U.K. dog tracks in cities including Manchester and Wimbledon, as well as the Lincoln Park greyhound track in Rhode Island and three greyhound tracks and a horse racing track in Colorado.
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Casino Denies MP Entry After Cruise - 2004-01-28
Labor MP Peter Black verified that he had been turned away from the Star City casino after a five-hour harbour cruise with shire councillors.

Mr. Black is the member for Murray-Darling, a constituency the size of Victoria, and was Broken Hill's mayor for 19 years before coming to Parliament in 1999.

He said the cruise was one of the social highlights of the annual meeting of the Local Government and Shires Association which was held in mid-2003 at the Pyrmont casino.
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