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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*
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) NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
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 842,568
SHARES --------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY (6) SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY 0
EACH --------------------------------------------------------
REPORTING (7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON WITH 842,568
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(8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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(9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
842,568
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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
21.0% (at December 31, 1998)
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(12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 338271109 SCHEDULE 13G PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Amendment No. 2 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 ("Turk"), dated March 26, 1997, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 filed February 12, 1998 (collectively, 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"). 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 and restated as follows:
As of October 16, 1997, the Company granted Mr. Turk options with respect
to 75,000 Shares. All such 75,000 options expired unexercised. On June 28,
1998, Mr. Turk acquired 8,620 Shares, representing approximately .2% of the
Company's outstanding Shares, from his relatives. As the result of the
expiration of the options and the acquisition of such Shares, as of December
31, 1998, Mr. Turk beneficially owned 842,568 Shares of Common Stock of the
Company, which represented approximately 21.0%.
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 8, 1999 /s/ JEROME H. TURK
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Date Jerome H. Turk
