For Immediate Release
FULL HOUSE RESORTS COMPLETES SALE OF HOLIDAY INN
EXPRESS
Las Vegas – (Business
Wire) – February 21, 2008 – Full House Resorts (AMEX: FLL) today announced that
it has completed the previously announced sale of the Holiday Inn Express in Fallon, Nevada, for $7.2 million. With the close of the sale, the company expects to net
approximately $6.9 million in after-tax proceeds which it intends to use to
reduce debt.
About Full
House Resorts, Inc.
Full House owns, develops and manages gaming
facilities. Full House owns the Stockman’s Casino in Fallon, Nevada which has
8,400 square feet of gaming space with approximately 260 gaming machines, four
table games and a keno game. The casino has a bar, a fine dining
restaurant and a coffee shop. Full House also receives a guaranteed fee from
the operation of Harrington Raceway and Casino, formerly Midway Slots and
Simulcast at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington, Delaware. Harrington
Raceway and Casino recently opened an expansion and is remodeling its original
building which will result in a total of 2,000 gaming devices, a buffet,
gourmet Steak House, other food and beverage outlets and an entertainment
lounge. Full House also has a management agreement with the Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians for the development and management of a
first-class casino/resort with 2,500 gaming devices, 90 table games and 20
poker tables in the Battle Creek, Michigan area, which is currently in
development. In addition, Full House has been working with the Nambé
Pueblo of New Mexico for the development of a casino and with the Northern
Cheyenne Nation of Montana for the development and management of a 27,000
square foot gaming facility. Further information about Full House can be
viewed on its web site at www.fullhouseresorts.com.
Forward-looking
Statements
Some
of the statements made in this release are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based upon Full House’s current expectations and
projections about future events and generally relate to Full House’s plans,
objectives and expectations for Full House’s business. Although Full House’s
management believes that the plans and objectives expressed in these forward-looking
statements are reasonable, the outcome of such plans, objectives and
expectations involve risks and uncertainties including without limitation,
regulatory approvals, financing sources and terms, integration of acquisitions,
competition and business conditions in the gaming industry. Additional
information concerning potential factors that could affect Full House’s
financial condition and results of operations is included in the reports Full
House files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not
limited to, its Form 10‑KSB for the most recently ended fiscal year.
For
the foregoing reasons, readers and investors are cautioned that there also can
be no assurance that the outcomes expressed in Full House’s forward-looking
statements included in this release and otherwise will prove to be accurate. In
light of the significant uncertainties inherent in such forward-looking
statements, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a
representation or warranty by Full House or any other person that Full House’s
objectives and plans will be achieved in any specified time frame, if at all.
Full House does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements or to announce revisions to any forward-looking statements.
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For
further information, contact:
Mark Miller, Chief Financial
Officer
Full House Resorts, Inc.
702-221-7800
www.fullhouseresorts.com
Or
William R. Schmitt
Integrated Corporate Relations
203-682-8200
investors@fullhouseresorts.com