Shuffle Master Agrees to Buy Stargames

Shuffle Master Inc., a maker of automatic card shufflers for casinos, on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Sydney, Australia-based Stargames Ltd. for about $108 million.

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Mon, November 14th, 2005

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