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Video poker sign measure clears House - 2004-01-31
The House of Delegates on Friday passed its account of Gov. Bob Wise's bill that seeks to abolish casino-sounding names for video lottery parlors.

The bill (HB4017) as proposed by Wise would have prohibited clubs and businesses that feature video lottery from adopting a name or displaying ads with ''video lottery'' or gambling-related words or symbols.
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Gambling stocks see January hike; gauge outpaces greater indexes - 2004-01-31
January was a successful month for gaming stocks, with the average worth of casino shares up over 50 percent from a year earlier. The gain was also more than double that of the broader market indexes.

Deutsche Bank analyst Marc Falcone stated that the continued strength of the Las Vegas market drove the stock increase, with Station Casinos shares alone rising 10 percent in price Thursday after a very favorable earnings report.
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