Casino Chmn Moves To Block Purchase By Sky City - 2004-01-07
Christchurch Casino Chairman Barry Thomas is planning to strengthen Skyline Enterprises' grip on the company in spite of a possible buy-in by New Zealand's gambling giant Sky City Entertainment Group (SKC.NZ), the Business Herald reported.

The board of the casino company would later this month be requested to approve a share placement to Skyline. Skyline has a direct 30.7% stake in the casino and a 41% interest including shares held indirectly. The Queenstown company is fighting to stop its partner, the U.K. gambling group Aspinall, from selling out to Sky City.
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Casino changes slot machines - 2004-01-07
Employees from several contractors and Sierra Design Group, of Las Vegas, Nev., are in a flurry of activity Tuesday morning as they work to prepare half the 129 new electronic slot machines for free play on Wednesday.

The familiar sound of change clanging inside the Coulee Dam Casino will soon be replaced with the much quieter sound of paper dispensing.

Monday and Tuesday workers were in the process of replacing the coin slot machines in the Coulee Dam Casino with voucher dispensing machines.

The casino will not close while crews install the new slots, and customers will be allowed to try out the voucher machines free for the first couple of days, starting today.
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