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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-A
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FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
NEVADA GOLD & CASINOS, INC.
3040 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 675
Houston, Texas 77056-6588
(713) 621-2245
Incorporated in I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
Nevada 88-0142032
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box. |X|
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box. |X|
Securities Act registration statement file number to
which this form relates: 0-8927
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on which
to be Registered each Class is to be Registered
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Common Stock Boston Stock Exchange
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
Common stock, par value $.12 per share.
Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc., is authorized to issue up to 20,000,000
shares of common stock, of which 10,072,810 shares are issued and outstanding
as of November 8, 1999.
The holders of shares of common stock are entitled to one vote per
share on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders. In the event of
liquidation, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in the
distribution of assets remaining after payment of liabilities. Holders of
common stock have no cumulative voting rights, and, accordingly, the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares have the ability to elect all of the
directors. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or other rights to
subscribe for shares. Holders of common stock are entitled to dividends that
may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for
dividends
Item 2. Exhibits.
The securities described in this Registration Statement are to be
registered on The Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., on which no other securities of
the Registrant are registered. Accordingly, the following exhibits, required in
accordance with the Instructions as to exhibits on Form 8-A, have been duly
filed with the Boston Stock Exchange:
1. Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc.'s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1999, as amended.
2. Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc.'s Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June
30, 1999, and its Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30,
1999.
3. Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc.'s Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Amended Bylaws, as filed in the Form 10-QSB for
the quarter ended September 30, 1999.
4. Specimen of Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc.'s common stock, as filed in
its Form S-8 filed June 4, 1999.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
NEVADA GOLD & CASINOS, INC.
Date: December 8, 1999 By: /s/ H. Thomas Winn
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H. THOMAS WINN, President
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