Vegas Partner Lounge acquires Golden Star Group

The rumours were rife at the GIGSE conference that this deal was going down (see earlier InfoPowa reports) and it is now official - Vegas Partner Lounge has taken over Golden Riviera Casino and others in the Golden Star group.

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Wed, June 29th, 2005

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