SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
AMENDMENT NO.
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
89816810
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(CUSIP Number)
The information required in the remainder of this cover page (except any items
to which the form provides a cross-reference) shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be
subject to all other provisions of the Act.
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CUSIP No................................................................................................... 89816810
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON................................................................................... Conseco, Inc.
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S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON.......................................................... 35-1468632
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ] (b) [ X ]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION..................................................................Reporting Person is a
Corporation organized under Indiana laws. Principal office of Reporting Person is in Carmel, Indiana.
Number of 5. SOLE VOTING POWER............................................................... 2,010,000
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Shares
Beneficially 6. SHARED VOTING POWER............................................................. 0
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Owned By
Each 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER.......................................................... 2,010,000
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Reporting
Person With 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER........................................................ 0
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9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,010,000
10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.9%
12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON................................................................................... HC
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CUSIP No................................................................................................... 89816810
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON.................................................................................CIHC, Incorporated
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S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON.......................................................... 51-0356511
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ] (b) [ X ]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION..................................................................Reporting Person is a
Corporation organized under Delaware laws. Principal office of Reporting Person is in Wilmington, Delaware.
Number of 5. SOLE VOTING POWER............................................................... 2,010,000
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Shares
Beneficially 6. SHARED VOTING POWER............................................................. 0
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Owned By
Each 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER.......................................................... 2,010,000
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Reporting
Person With 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER........................................................ 0
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9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,010,000
10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.9%
12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON................................................................................... HC
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CUSIP No................................................................................................... 89816810
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON..................................................................Bankers Life Insurance Company of
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Illinois
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S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON.......................................................... 36-3851005
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ] (b) [ X ]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION..................................................................Reporting Person is a
Corporation organized under Illinois laws. Principal office of Reporting Person is in Chicago, Illinois.
Number of 5. SOLE VOTING POWER............................................................... 2,010,000
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Shares
Beneficially 6. SHARED VOTING POWER............................................................. 0
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Owned By
Each 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER.......................................................... 2,010,000
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Reporting
Person With 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER........................................................ 0
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9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,010,000
10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.9%
12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON................................................................................... HC,IC
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CUSIP No............................................................................................................ 89816810
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON..................................................................Bankers Life and Casualty Company
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S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON.......................................................... 36-3851005
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ] (b) [ X ]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION..................................................................Reporting Person is a
Corporation organized under Illinois laws. Principal office of Reporting Person is in Chicago, Illinois.
Number of 5. SOLE VOTING POWER............................................................... 2,010,000
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Shares
Beneficially 6. SHARED VOTING POWER............................................................. 0
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Owned By
Each 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER.......................................................... 2,010,000
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Reporting
Person With 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER........................................................ 0
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9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,010,000
10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.9%
12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON................................................................................... IC
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Item 1(a). Name of Issuer
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc.
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices
2500 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Item 2(a). Name of Persons Filing
Conseco, Inc.; CIHC, Incorporated; Bankers Life
Insurance Company of Illinois; and Bankers Life and
Casualty Company
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
Residence
Conseco, Inc., 11825 North Pennsylvania Street,
Carmel, Indiana 46032; CIHC, Incorporated, One
Commerce Center, Suite 789, 1201 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801; Bankers Life Insurance
Company of Illinois, 222 Mechandise Mart Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois 60654; Bankers Life and Casualty
Company, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago,
Illinois 60654
Item 2(c). Citizenship
Conseco, Inc. - Indiana
CIHC, Incorporated - Delaware
Bankers Life Insurance Company of Illinois - Illinois
Bankers Life and Casualty Company - Illinois
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number
89816810
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Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule
13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person
filing is a
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15
of the Act
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(c) [X] Insurance Company as defined in Section
3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) [ ] Investment Company as defined in Section 8 of
the Investment Company Act
(e) [ ] Investment Adviser as defined in Section 203
of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund
which is subject to the provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 or Endowment Fund; see Section 240.13d-
1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g) [X] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G) (Note: See
Item 7)
(h) [ ] Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(1)(ii)(H)
Bankers Life and Casualty Company is an insurance corporation. Bankers Life
Insurance Company of Illinois is the direct parent of Bankers Life and Casualty
Company and is an insurance corporation. CIHC, Incorporated is the direct parent
holding company of Bankers Life Insurance Company of Illinois, and Conseco, Inc.
is the direct parent holding company of CIHC, Incorporated.
Item 4. Ownership
Bankers Life and Casualty Company has the following ownership in the
Common Stock:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned
2,010,000
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(b) Percent of Class
8.9%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote
2,010,000
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote
0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of
2,010,000
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of
0
Conseco, Inc., CIHC, Incorporated and Bankers Life Insurance Company of Illinois
may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of such shares through their indirect
or direct ownership in all of the capital stock of Bankers Life and Casualty
Company.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person
None.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By
the Parent Holding Company
See Item 3 hereof.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not Applicable.
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Item 10. Certification
The following certification shall be included if the statement is filed
pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b):
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having
such purposes or effect.
SIGNATURE
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief,
we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
Date: February 13, 1998.
CONSECO, INC.
By: /S/ROLLIN M. DICK
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Rollin M. Dick, Executive
Vice President
CIHC, INCORPORATED
By: /S/WILLIAM T. DEVANNEY, JR.
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William T. Devanney, Jr.,
Senior Vice President
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BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF ILLINOIS
By: /S/DONALD F. GONGAWARE
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Donald F. Gongaware,
President
BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY
COMPANY
By: /S/DONALD F. GONGAWARE
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Donald F. Gongaware,
President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 1 Joint Filing Agreement, dated February
13, 1998, by and among Conseco, Inc.,
CIHC, Incorporated, Bankers Life
Insurance Company of Illinois, Bankers
Life and Casualty Company.
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
This will confirm the agreement by and among all the undersigned that
the Schedule 13G filed on or about this date with respect to the beneficial
ownership of the undersigned of shares of the Common Stock of Trump Hotels &
Casino Resorts, Inc. is being filed on behalf of each of the undersigned. This
agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
Dated: February 13, 1998 CONSECO, INC.
By: /S/ROLLIN M. DICK
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Rollin M. Dick,
Executive Vice President
CIHC, INCORPORATED
By: /S/WILLIAM T. DEVANNEY, JR.
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William T. Devanney, Jr.,
Senior Vice President
BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS
By: /S/ROLLIN M. DICK
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Rollin M. Dick,
Executive Vice President
BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
By: /S/ROLLIN M. DICK
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Rollin M. Dick,
Executive Vice President
