Ameristar Casinos Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the repurchase of up to 2.8 million shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 5% of its outstanding common stock, in a stock repurchase program.

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Wed, July 26th, 2006

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