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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): February 19, 1999
COAST HOTELS AND CASINOS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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Nevada 333-04356 88-0345706
(STATE OR OTHER (COMMISSION FILE (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
JURISDICTION OF NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION)
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4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (702) 365-7000
Not Applicable
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 135c,
Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), disclosed
in an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated February 19,
1999 (the "Offer to Purchase") relating to its 13% First Mortgage Notes due 2002
(the "Existing Notes") that it intends to issue approximately $175 million
aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes (the "New Notes"). The
Offer to Purchase disclosed that a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of
the New Notes will be used to refinance the Existing Notes and that the New
Notes will be governed by the terms of a new indenture. The Offer to Purchase
also disclosed that the New Notes will not be registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements
and that the Company has no arrangement with respect to the issuance of the New
Notes.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
COAST HOTELS AND CASINOS, INC.,
a Nevada corporation
By: /s/ GAGE PARRISH
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Name: Gage Parrish
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
February 26, 1999
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