Ameristar Casinos’ First Quarter 2007 Results Set All-Time Records Across Virtually All Financial Metrics

LAS VEGAS, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Ameristar Casinos, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced results for the first quarter of 2007 that set all-time quarterly records across virtually all metrics, including consolidated net revenues, operating income, EBITDA(1), EBITDA margin, net income and diluted earnings per share.

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    1970: Binion's Horseshoe casino hosts the first World Series of Poker.
    1971: Female card dealers begin working on the Strip for the first time.
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  • French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
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