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Jackpot Enterprises Inc., which operates two casinos and has slot machines at various sites in Nevada, agreed to buy Players International Inc. for about $264 million in cash and stock, giving it riverboat casinos in Illinois, Louisiana and Missouri. The company will pay $8.25 a share--$6.75 in cash and $1.50 in stock--for each share of Players, and take on about $160 million in debt.