The health club owner and operator runs more than 55 facilities throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic that cater to families seeking a fun and friendly gym environment. It offers group fitness classes, personal training, cycling, swimming, and tanning, as well as special teen programs and child-watching services. Lifestyle Family Fitness sets itself apart from other health clubs with its "no long-term contract" policy, which allows its more than 200,000 members the flexibility of enrolling on a month-to-month basis. The private company was founded in 1982 by Australian-born vice chairman Geoffrey Dyer.

Butterfly Life wants every woman to fly twice as high. The company is a women's fitness franchise that combines fitness with nutrition, psychology, and fashion counseling. Its fitness facilities combine standard workout and nutritional services with Life Vision, its proprietary fitness seminar and lecture video programming that the company plays in its facilities and sells on DVD and VHS. The company's franchised fitness centers are located throughout the US. Butterfly Life was founded in 2004 by CEO Mark Golob, chairman Thomas Gergley, and Mark Mastrov, former CEO of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide.

The Missouri Lottery Commission offers lotto number games (Pick 3, Pick 4, Lotto), as well as scratch-off and pull-tab games (Solid Gold, Count De Money, Cashville). Missouri also participates in the multi-state lottery known as PowerBall. The Missouri Lottery sells its gaming products through a network of about 5,000 retailers located throughout the state. First created in 1985, proceeds from the Missouri lottery directly fund the state's public education system, a change that occured in 1994.

This Jazz has its roots in the Big Easy but now it entertains fans in the Beehive State. Jazz Basketball Investors owns and operates the Utah Jazz professional basketball franchise, which joined the National Basketball Association in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz. Since moving to Salt Lake City in 1979, the team has made two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998 (losing both times to the Chicago Bulls). The Jazz plays host to loyal fans at Salt Lake's EnergySolutions Arena. The family of Larry Miller (Larry H. Miller Group) has owned the team since 1985.Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc., owns the Utah Jazz, one of the most successful franchises in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Led since the late 1980s by forward Karl Malone and point guard John Stockton, the Jazz have appeared in the NBA playoffs every year since the 1985-86 season, including two trips to the finals in 1996-97 and 1997-98. More remarkably, the Jazz have consistently been among the NBA's attendance leaders, despite the fact that Salt Lake City is one of the smallest markets in the league. In 2001-2002 Utah drew 766,108 spectators, tenth in the NBA and better than much larger cities such as Boston, Detroit, and Atlanta. As the 2003-2004 season got underway, the team's popularity showed little sign of waning despite a rebuilding program anticipating the retirements of Malone and Stockton.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the leading global developer of destination properties (integrated resorts) that feature premium accommodations, world-class gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and many other amenities. THE VENETIAN® and THE PALAZZO®, Five-Diamond luxury resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, are among the company’s properties in the United States. In Singapore, the iconic MARINA BAY SANDS® is the most recent addition to the company’s portfolio.Through its majority-owned subsidiary Sands China Ltd, the company also owns a collection of properties in Macau, including THE VENETIAN® Macao, Four Seasons Hotel Macao and the Four Seasons-branded serviced-apartments at its COTAI STRIP™ development, as well as the SANDS® Macao on the Macau peninsula. The company is currently constructing a 6,400-room complex at the COTAI STRIP, which will feature the Shangri-La, Traders, Sheraton, and St. Regis hotel brands. Las Vegas Sands is also committed to global sustainability through its SANDS Eco 360º program and is an active community partner through its various charitable organizations.

New Jersey Basketball owns and operates the New Jersey Nets professional basketball team, a storied franchise of the National Basketball Association. Organized by Arthur Brown in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans of the American Basketball Association, the team won two ABA titles as the New York Nets with the help of Julius "Dr. J" Erving. It returned to the Garden State and joined the NBA in 1976. The team has yet to claim an NBA title. The Nets play host at The IZOD Center at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov purchased control of the Nets from New York real estate developer Bruce Ratner in 2010.

Shepherd's pie, traveling minstrels, and the joust ... ahhhh, life in 16th-century England (without, of course, the plague and other minor nuisances). Renaissance Entertainment operates three Renaissance Faires, which re-create 16th-century English villages, complete with craft shops, food and drink, and live entertainment. The events, which are held in California, New York, and Wisconsin, typically last between six and nine weekends a year and attract half a million visitors. Forest of Fear, a seasonal haunted forest in New York, is also part of the Renaissance Entertainment kingdom.

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority engages in the ownership, operation, and development of gaming facilities in the United States. As of September 30, 2009, it operated a gaming and entertainment complex, Casino of the Earth with approximately 3,700 slot machines and 190 table games, including blackjack, roulette, craps, and baccarat; food and beverage amenities comprising a full-service restaurant and bar, and 3 full-service themed fine dining restaurants; a 410-seat lounge; a simulcasting race book facility; 4 retail shops; and an Asian-themed gaming area offering 46 table games. The company also operates the Casino of the Sky with approximately 2,300 slot machines and 110 table games; food and beverage amenities, including 5 full-service restaurants, 3 quick-service restaurants, a coffee shop, a 330-seat buffet, and 5 lounges and bars; Mohegan After Dark consisting a nightclub, a lounge, and a pub; the Mohegan Sun Arena; 32 retail shops; a 1,200-room Sky Hotel Tower; a spa; convention space; and a child care facility and an arcade style entertainment area. In addition, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority engages in the operation of Casino of the Wind with 700 slot machines, 30 table games, and a 42-table themed poker room; and dining and retail amenities.

This company is part of the Tex-Mex restaurant stampede. Buffalo's Franchise Concepts operates and franchises about 30 Buffalo's Southwest Cafe casual dining locations in Georgia and about 10 other states. The restaurants offer a typical southwestern style menu, including burritos, fajitas, and quesadillas, along with burgers, steaks, and Buffalo-style chicken wings. Outside the US, the chain has locations in Kuwait, Puerto Rico, and Saudi Arabia. David Hyde and Ralph Perrella started Buffalo's in 1985. Former franchisees Drew Alexander and Shelli Lang acquired the company in 2007.

Topnotch Health Clubs operates health and fitness centers in London, the Midlands, and southeastern England. The company's facilities offer such features as spinning, weight-loss clinics, personal training, swimming pools, and steam rooms. Topnotch Health Clubs was formerly publicly traded; after declaring bankruptcy in 2003, the company was repurchased by founder Matthew Harris, returning it to private ownership.

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