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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF REPORTING PERSON
Acres, John F.
c/o Acres Gaming
7115 Amigo Street, Suite 150
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
2. ISSUER NAME AND TICKER OR TRADING SYMBOL
Acres Gaming Incorporated
AGAM
3. IRS OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF REPORTING PERSON (VOLUNTARY)
4. STATEMENT FOR MONTH/YEAR
November 2000
5. IF AMENDMENT, DATE OF ORIGINAL (MONTH/YEAR)
6. RELATIONSHIP OF REPORTING PERSON(S) TO ISSUER (CHECK ALL APPLICABLE)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below)
( ) Other (specify below)
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 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Direct 7. Nature
action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- (D) or of In-
Date Code cially Owned at Indirect direct
End of Month (I) Benefi-
V cial
Owner-
Amount (A)/ Price ship
(D)
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Common Stock 1,760,866 I *
$.01 Par Value 11/07/00 G 38,000 D 0 204,288 I **
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
Exercise Date Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of quired (A) or Date ative
Deriv- Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) ity
Security
Expira-
A/ Exer- tion Title and Number
Code V Amount D cisable Date of Shares
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1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Direct (D) 11. Nature of
Security Derivative or Indirect (I) Indirect
Securities Beneficial
Beneficially Ownership
Owned at End
of Month
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Explanation of Responses:
* By self as trustee for the John and JoAnn Acres 1989 Living Trust.
** Held by a custodian fbo the reporting person's minor children. The
reporting person does not exercise any discretionary control over such
shares and disclaims any beneficial ownership thereof.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ John F. Acres, by Reed M. Alewel, Attorney in Fact
DATE
12-06-2000
