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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Company, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
10 East 50th Street
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(Street)
New York NY 10022
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Riviera Holdings Corporation and RIV
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
1/1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2.Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A)
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D)
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
(Month/ (Instr. 8) --------------------------
Day/ ----------- Amount (A) or Price
Year) Code V (D)
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5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Securities Form: Direct Indirect
Beneficially (D) or Indirect Beneficial
Owned at End (I) (Instr. 4) Ownership
of Month (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 3
and 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE
Instruction 4(b)(v).
(Over)
SEC 1474 (7-96)
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FORM 4 (continued)
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Transac- 4. Transac- 5. Number of
Security (Instr. 3) sion or tion Date tion Code Derivative
Exercise (Month/ (Instr. 8) Securities
Price of Day/ ------------ Acquired (A)
Deriv- Year) Code V or Disposed
ative of (D) (Instr.
Security 3, 4, and 5)
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(A) (D)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price of 9. Number of
Exercisable and of Underlying Derivative Derivative
Expiration Date Securities Security Securities
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Beneficially
Year) ------------------- Owned at
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Date Expira- Title Number of (Instr. 4)
Exer- tion Shares
cisable Date
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10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Form of Indirect
Derivative Beneficial
Security: Ownership
Direct (D) or (Instr. 4)
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses
(1) Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Co., Inc. ("MWV & Co."), a registered
investment adviser under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
as amended, manages the accounts of its investment advisory clients on a
discretionary basis. MWV & Co. is not subject to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v). MWV & Co.
has not acquired the securities of the issuer with the purpose or effect of
changing or influencing control of the issuer or engaging in any arrangement
subject to Exchange Act Rule 13d-3(b). Based on the foregoing facts, a Form 4
need not be filed on behalf of the Reporting Person.
There is no agreement or understanding among MWV & Co.'s investment
advisory clients to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting
or disposing of any securities.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
JOHN C. "BRUCE" WATERFALL
/s/ Bruce Waterfall February 11, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person
BY: John C. "Bruce" Waterfall as President
of the Reporting Person
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