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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*
FITZGERALDS GAMING CORPORATION
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(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK $.01 PAR VALUE
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(Title of Class of Securities)
338271109
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(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page 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 (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 338271109 SCHEDULE 13G PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Turk, Jerome H.
SS # ###-##-####
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (A) [ ]
(B) [ ]
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
U.S.
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(5) SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 858,948
SHARES --------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY (6) SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY 0
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REPORTING (7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON WITH 858,948
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(8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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(9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
858,948
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(10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 9 EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES* [ ]
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(11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
21.3% (at December 31, 1997)
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(12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 338271109 SCHEDULE 13G PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") amends, pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the
Statement on Schedule 13G filed by Jerome Turk (the "Reporting Person"), dated
March 26, 1997 (the "Schedule 13G"), with respect to the common stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Fitzgeralds Gaming Corporation, a
Nevada corporation (the "Issuer" or the "Company"). Unless otherwise
indicated, capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Schedule 13G.
ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP.
Item 4 is hereby amended an supplemented by adding the following:
Mr. Turk resigned as a part-time employee effective June 27, 1997.
Prior to this time, the Company granted Mr. Turk options to purchase 75,000
Shares. Of said 75,000 Shares, options for 50,000 Shares expired unexercised
and unvested. The remaining options for 25,000 Shares are currently
exercisable. As the result of the grant of such currently exercisable options,
as of December 31, 1997, Mr. Turk beneficially owned 858,948 Shares of Common
Stock of the Company, which represented approximately 21.3% of the issued and
outstanding Shares of Common Stock.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
February 12, 1998 /s/ JEROME H. TURK
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Date Jerome H. Turk
