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SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino, a combined project of the Pueblo of Pojoaque and Hilton Hotels Corporation, will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, August 12 in Santa Fe at 1 p.m.
Pueblo officials are expecting the casino to experience a high volume of visitors on the first day during what is termed as a soft opening. Grand opening ceremonies and other events will take place September 3-6.
“We’ve worked extensively to bring the most stunning resort property to Santa Fe and create a Las Vegas-style gaming experience in Northern New Mexico,” said Allen Mosley, Chief Executive Officer for the Pueblo of Pojoaque. “We’re thrilled to welcome our first guests and look forward to creating a spectacular grand opening in early September.”
The grand opening activities at Buffalo Thunder Resort & casino begin on Wednesday, September 3 with an official ribbon cutting and a performance by the world-famous, Las Vegas based Flying Elvi skydiving team. The performance is designed to symbolize the migration of fun and excitement from Las Vegas to Santa Fe. Grand opening festivities continue through September 6 including casino promotions, fireworks and live entertainment. Buffalo Thunder Resort & casino is pleased to host the legendary Gladys Knight in concert on Friday, September 5 at 9 p.m. Ticket prices for Gladys Knight start at $49 plus service charge and tickets can be purchased now by visiting or calling (800) 905-3315.
Buffalo Thunder Resort & casino is the largest destination resort in New Mexico with 395 luxury guest rooms and upscale accommodations at the Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort & Spa. Resort amenities include a modern, Las Vegas-style casino with 1,200 brand-new slot machines, 22 table games and a 10-table poker room; the 36-hole Towa Golf Course designed by Hale Irwin and Bill Phillips; a full-service spa and fitness center; indoor and outdoor pools; seven restaurants including Turquoise Trail Bar & Grill, the Painted Parrot Buffet and famed chef Mark Miller’s Red Sage; 66,000 square feet of meeting and convention space; thrilling nightlife and headline entertainment.
Buffalo Thunder Resort & casino is nestled among 587 acres of pristine land at the foot of the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Northern New Mexico and offers an all-inclusive destination in America’s most eclectic and historic city. The resort is only 15 minutes from Santa Fe Plaza, 60 minutes from Taos and 75 minutes from Albuquerque. For more information, visit or call 877-455-7775.
Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with nearly 2,700 hotels and 475,000 rooms in more than 80 countries, with 150,000 team members worldwide. More than 2,300 hotels are owned, managed or franchised in the USA with a portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded hotel brands including Hilton(R), Conrad(R), Doubletree(R), Embassy Suites Hotels(R), Hampton Inn(R), Hampton Inn & Suites(R), Hilton Garden Inn(R), Hilton Grand Vacations(TM), Homewood Suites by Hilton(R) and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection(TM). Outside the USA, the company operates 262 hotels branded Hilton and 131 under the mid-market Scandic brand. For more information about our company, please visit .
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LAS VEGAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. today announced that Carlos Ruisanchez, a veteran Wall Street investment banker, has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Development. Mr. Ruisanchez will be relocating to Las Vegas.
Mr. Ruisanchez, whose appointment is effective immediately, joins Pinnacle following a successful career at Bear, Stearns & Co., where he most recently served as Senior Managing Director responsible for corporate clients in the gaming, lodging and leisure industries, as well as financial sponsor banking relationships.
Mr. Ruisanchez joined Bear Stearns’ investment banking department in 1997 as an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office and moved to New York in 1999. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Ruisanchez was a financial analyst for Aetna Health Plans in Northern California. Mr. Ruisanchez holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he focused on finance and international business, as well as a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Connecticut School of Business.
“We’re pleased to have someone of Carlos’ background and experience joining Pinnacle’s management team,” said Daniel R. Lee, Pinnacle’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Carlos brings a wealth of gaming and finance experience to the company, which will be extremely helpful as we focus on the company’s operations and create value for our shareholders.”
In connection with his appointment, Mr. Ruisanchez was awarded options to purchase 200,000 shares of Pinnacle’s common stock as an inducement for employment. In accordance with Rule 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the awards were granted without stockholder approval and were granted outside of Pinnacle’s 2005 Equity Incentive and Performance Plan, as amended. The options vest in four equal annual installments beginning on August 1, 2009 and the options expire on August 1, 2018. The exercise price of the options is $11.35 per share, which was the closing price of Pinnacle’s common stock on August 1, 2008, the date of the grant to Mr. Ruisanchez.
About Pinnacle Entertainment
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates casinos in Nevada, Louisiana, Indiana, Missouri, Argentina and The Bahamas, and has significant insurance claims related to a hurricane-damaged hotel and casino complex previously operated in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Company opened Lumiere Place, a $507 million casino hotels complex in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, in December 2007. Pinnacle also has a second casino development project under construction in the St. Louis area, which opening is dependent upon final approval by the Missouri Gaming Commission. Pinnacle is currently developing a second casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to be called Sugarcane Bay; is developing a casino resort in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and has submitted a proposal for a casino resort in Kansas City, Kansas, subject to various approvals. Additionally, Pinnacle owns a casino site at the heart of the famed Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on which it plans to build a major new casino resort.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
At the Company - (702) 784-7777:

Dan Lee - Chairman & CEO
Steve Capp - CFO
Chris Plant or Lewis Fanger - Investor Relations

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

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FRIANT, Calif., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Table Mountain Casino, voted the 2008 People’s Choice Award Winner for Best Local Casino, continues to delight guests with another exciting entertainment experience by presenting Grammy Award winner Boz Scaggs, for a special one-night-only performance on Monday August 11, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Scaggs, born in Texas and raised with an abiding respect for a wide spectrum of American roots music, has combined rock, jazz, R & B and blues to create his trademark Boz Scaggs sound. His extensive and distinctive career began in the 1970s with the Steve Miller Band. For over thirty years, Scaggs has continued to prove himself as one of music’s most creative and original artists.
“My first love was the sound of a guitar and my earliest influences were things I heard in my household,” emphasized Scaggs. “My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.” Much to the delight of his enthusiastic fans, Scaggs’ dedication to his musical instincts has culminated in what have now become all-time Boz favorites such as, Lido Shuffle, Look What You’ve Done to Me, Lo Down, Harbor Lights and, of course, the passionate and overwhelming lyrics of We’re All Alone.
John Mayewski, President and CEO of Table Mountain casino is pleased to bring yet another top-performing headliner to the stage at Table Mountain. He explained, “Our guests have come to expect only the best from our concerts and that’s what we are delivering … the very best! We will continue with our ongoing line-up of outstanding entertainers; providing unmatched performances for our audiences to enjoy.”
Scaggs’ concert is the latest in a series of sold-out Table Mountain shows that have recently included Heart, Ronnie Milsap, Liza Minelli, Huey Lewis and the News and Blues Legend Bonnie Raitt.
As an added bonus for Boz Scaggs’ concertgoers, the crowd will be treated to an extra-special show-stopping event-ticketholders can win their share of $4000 just for walking through the concert doors! As concertgoers enter the show, they’ll be given a beaded necklace with a number on the front. Winning numbers will be announced after the show and each number called will win $500*.
“Having earned the distinction of being named Number One Local casino truly sets us apart. We will continue to work hard to maintain Table Mountain as the premier Entertainment Destination for our guests,” promised Mayewski.
Tickets for Scaggs’ August 11, 2008 show are available at the Main casino Cage or at tmcasino.com. Prices are $45 VIP, $35 Reserved, $25 General Admission. Members of The Club save $5, Platinum Members save $10. No refunds, cameras or video. Must be 18 years or older to attend.
*Must be present to win.

About Table Mountain:

Table Mountain casino is owned and operated by the Table Mountain Rancheria Band of Indians who actively support many community-based agencies and non-profit organizations serving residents of the Greater Fresno area and the regional San Joaquin Valley community.
To learn more about Table Mountain Casino, its community service programs and current promotions, please visit tmcasino.com.
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LAS VEGAS, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Bally Technologies, Inc. , a leader in slots, video machines, casino management systems, and networked solutions for the global gaming industry, will release its fourth quarter and year-end fiscal 2008 results after the market closes on Wednesday, August 20 and will also host a conference call and webcast beginning at 4:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. PDT). The public is invited to both the call and webcast.
The conference-call dial-in numbers are 1-866-270-6057 or 617-213-8891 (passcode: Bally) and the webcast can be accessed by visiting and selecting “Investor Relations.” Interested parties should initiate the call and webcast process at least five minutes prior to the beginning of the presentation. For those who miss this event, an archived version will be available at until September 20, 2008.
About Bally Technologies, Inc.
With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies designs, manufactures, operates and distributes advanced gaming devices, systems and technology solutions worldwide. Bally’s product line includes reel-spinning slot machines, video slots, wide-area progressives, and Class II, lottery and central determination games and platforms. As the world’s No. 1 gaming systems company, Bally also offers an array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and table management solutions. The Company also owns and operates Rainbow casino in Vicksburg, Miss. Additional Company information, including the Company’s investor presentations, can be found at .
This news release may contain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Such information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward- looking statements. Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a number of risks that are detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release and represents that the information is only valid as of today’s date.
Investor Contact: Robert Caller Media Contact: Laura Olson-Reyes
(702) 584-7982 (702) 584-7742

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