7 . ▁The ▁company ▁briefly ▁returned ▁to ▁profit ability , ▁enough ▁so ▁to ▁emer ge ▁as ▁a ▁take over ▁target . ▁The ▁company ' s ▁stock ▁also ▁became ▁public ly ▁trad ed ▁by ▁NAS DA Q . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Play ers ▁entered ▁into ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁Jack pot ▁International ▁to ▁be ▁acquired ▁for ▁$ 8 . 2 5 ▁per ▁share . ▁But ▁later ▁that ▁year , ▁Har rah ' s ▁approached ▁the ▁company ▁with ▁an ▁un sol ic ited ▁offer ▁for ▁$ 8 . 5 0 . ▁Jack pot ▁would ▁not ▁match ▁or ▁beat ▁the ▁offer , ▁so ▁Play ers ▁paid ▁Jack pot ▁a ▁fee ▁to ▁back ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁deal ▁and ▁accepted ▁the ▁Har rah ' s ▁offer . ▁The ▁deal ▁amount ed ▁to ▁$ 8 2 5 ▁million . ▁ ▁The ▁Metropol is ▁and ▁Lake ▁Charles ▁cas inos ▁became ▁Har rah ' s ▁Metropol is ▁and ▁Har rah ' s ▁Lake ▁Charles , ▁respectively . ▁Har rah ' s ▁assumed ▁full ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁in ▁Maryland ▁He ights . ▁Play ers ▁Island ▁in ▁Mes qu ite ▁was ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁deal , ▁and ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Black ▁G aming , ▁which ▁operated ▁the ▁Virgin ▁River ▁Hotel ▁and ▁Cas ino ▁in ▁that ▁city ; ▁the ▁property ▁was ▁renamed ▁Casa B lan ca ▁Res ort ▁and ▁Cas ino . ▁Har rah ' s ▁retained ▁a ▁ 5 0 ▁percent ▁interest ▁in ▁Bl u egr ass ▁Down s . ▁The ▁deal ▁was ▁final ized