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FireKeepers Casino CFO named

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Full House Resorts (AMEX: FLL) and its 50%-owned joint venture Gaming Entertainment Michigan, LLC (GEM) today announced on behalf of FireKeepers Development Authority the appointment of Ann Kennedy as Chief Financial Officer of FireKeepers Casino effective July 21, 2008. FireKeepers Casino is a new development at Exit 104 of Interstate 94 in Battle Creek, Michigan, where construction has commenced with a planned opening in summer 2009. The facility is expected to open with 2,500 slot machines, 90 table games, 20 poker tables, five restaurants – including a 70-seat fine dining signature restaurant, a 300-seat buffet and 150-seat 24-hour coffee shop – and will have an enclosed 2,078-space parking garage attached to the casino.

Ms. Kennedy has extensive knowledge of gaming finance, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Downstream Casino Development in Oklahoma and Director of Operational Finance for the Seneca Gaming Corporation in Niagara, New York – both Native American facilities.

"I welcome Ann aboard and I consider her a valuable addition to the project team," said R. Bruce McKee, General Manager of FireKeepers Casino. "I look forward to working with her as we prepare for FireKeepers' opening next summer."

Andre M. Hilliou, Chief Executive Officer of Full House Resorts, added, "Ann is a perfect fit for the management team we are putting in place for FireKeepers Casino in order to make this casino the first-class facility we envision."

Full House also provided a status update on construction efforts at the FireKeepers site. "Construction on the facility started on May 7th," said T. Wesley Elam, Senior Vice President of Operations and Project Management. "Site grading and utilities on the site is well underway; footing and foundation work has started and erection of the structural steel is scheduled to start in mid-July 2008."

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