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Lakes Entertainment Company Profile

Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Lakes) has development agreements for various Indian-owned casino properties and intends to manage such casinos when applicable regulatory approvals have been received and other contingencies have been satisfied. Lakes is also involved in other business activities, including development of a Company owned casino and the purchase/license or development of new table game concepts for licensing to other casinos. In addition, Lakes owns a majority interest WPT Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE), a media and entertainment company primarily involved in the creation of branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes.

Lakes Entertainment News
Lakes Entertainment History

1998: CGI Lakes established as successor to the Indian gaming business of Grand Casinos (which is absorbed by Park Place Entertainment); its name is soon changed to Lakes Gaming

1998: Lakes assumes management contracts formerly held by Grand Casinos for two Louisiana Indian casinos, Grand Casino Coushatta and Grand Casino Avoyelles

2000: Grand Casino Avoyelles management contract terminated by early buyout

2002: Grand Casino Coushatta management contract expires

2002: Lakes Gaming changes name to Lakes Entertainment

2002: World Poker Tour Enterprises founded by Steven Lipscomb, and Lakes Poker Tour, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc

2004: WPTE IPO brings that company public

2005: WPTE launches a World PokerTour- branded real-money gaming website. WPTonline.com featuring a live multiplayer poker room with head-to-head and tournament play, based in Alderney

Lakes Entertainment : Current Properties/Products

Casinos

Lakes has agreements or plans to operate six casinos; when these open, they will be added

Casino Games

Bonus Craps

Four the Money

Pyramid Poker

Rainbow Poker

WPT All-In Hold 'Em

 

World Poker Tour

WPT Studios

WPT Consumer Products

WPTCorporate Alliances

WPT Online

Lakes Entertainment: Financial Info online

Publicly-accessible sites

Google Finance profile

Yahoo company profile

Reuters company profile

InvestorGuide company profile

Lakes Gaming Investor Relations

SEC filings (Lakes Site) | SEC filings (finance.yahoo)

Annual Reports (1998-present)

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Financial filings

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Promotional and Public Relations materials

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