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Carl Brooks Elected to Ameristar Board

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASCA) announced today that Carl Brooks has been elected as a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Brooks is President and CEO of The Executive Leadership Council and The Executive Leadership Foundation in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1986, The Executive Leadership Council is the nation's premier leadership organization of African-American senior executives in Fortune 500 companies. Since joining the organization in 2001, Mr. Brooks has provided strategic direction that has led to increased membership and a realignment of programs to help create a comprehensive inclusive pipeline that develops senior corporate leaders. He has also been instrumental in establishing fiscal policies that have solidified the organization's financial position while securing millions of dollars in new funding.

Ameristar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Craig H. Neilsen said of the election: "I am very pleased that Carl is joining Ameristar's Board. His many years of executive leadership will bring additional strategic guidance to our Board, particularly as we continue to expand our commitment to diversity and inclusion at Ameristar."

Prior to joining The Executive Leadership Council, Mr. Brooks had a distinguished career of 25 years in the utility industry. He was Vice President, Human & Technical Resources of GPU Energy in Reading, Penn., one of the largest publicly traded electric utilities in the United States, where he was responsible for the business process that provided the people, services, materials and technology that enabled the success of GPU Energy's infrastructure business. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of GENCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of GPU, where he helped reorganize the company and build an asset portfolio of more than $3.5 billion. In addition, he was Chairman of the GPU Diversity Action Council, which developed and implemented GPU's diversity strategy, winning the Edison Electric Institute Award for Diversity.

Mr. Brooks is a Cum Laude graduate of Hampton Institute and holds an MBA from Southern Illinois University, with honors. He was also awarded an Honorary Degree of Humane Letters by Richmond Virginia Seminary. He is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Program (President Program) at Dartmouth College.

Mr. Brooks serves on the DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Diversity Council. He is Vice-Chair of both the Board of Directors of Howard University's School of Business and Hampton University's Board of Advisors. He previously served on the GPU Energy/GENCO Board.

Mr. Brooks is a member of the American Society of Association Executives, the National Black MBA Association and the National Urban League's Best Diversity Practices Study Advisory Council. He also served as the Honorary Chair of the 35th Anniversary of the School of Business, Howard University and was a 2004 recipient of the EEOC's Spirit of Partnership Award.

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