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Article: Electronic Game Card, Inc. Mourns the Passing of its Executive Chairman, the Lord Leonard Steinberg.
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- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 22, 2009
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Electronic Game Card, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EGMI) ("EGC"), announced with great sadness that the Company's Executive Chairman, Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg of Belfast, died suddenly of a heart attack November 2, 2009 on his 73rd birthday in London, England (see also Electronic Game Card, Inc.).
Lord Steinberg was one of Britain's most successful businessmen and one of the most well known personalities in the gaming industry. He founded Stanley Leisure in Belfast in 1958 with one licensed betting shop. Stanley Leisure plc became the largest casino operator and fourth largest retail bookmaker with 600 shops in the United Kingdom.
In 2005 Stanley ...