The legalization or presence of gaming in one state invariably leads to calls for a response in neighboring states. These experts will examine public policy, operational challenges, regulatory issues and the critical market dynamics.

This is one state, but it is really two or three states.

Certainly, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has made it clear that diversity is an important element of any license application. It seems to me that all of the applicants have received this message.

Pinnacle has been a company nibbling at the edges of the gaming industry. This acquisition quickly gets them to the industry's core with two substantial assets in the two most important U.S. markets.

Mississippi is one the three states, along with Nevada and New Jersey, that understood gaming,

It is one thing to say you're going to introduce online gaming, but it is another thing to say it's really fun to play with, ... Just because a console's Web-enabled doesn't mean it's fun to play with. Somebody's got to come up with an online game that people want to play.