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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950134-05-022803.txt : 20051208
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051208155359
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950134-05-022803
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050630
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant.s Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051208
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051208

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAKES ENTERTAINMENT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001071255
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
		IRS NUMBER:				411913991
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24993
		FILM NUMBER:		051252447

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		130 CHESHIERE LANE
		CITY:			MINNETONKA
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55305
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6124499092

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		130 CHESHIRE LANE
		CITY:			MINNETONKA
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55305

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LAKES GAMING INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980929
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K/A</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(AMENDMENT NO. 1)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June&nbsp;30, 2005</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Lakes Entertainment, Inc.</B> <BR></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Minnesota
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">0-24993
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">41-1913991</TD>
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jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation)
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Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">55305</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="center">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <BR></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(952) 449-9092</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4.01 Changes in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On December&nbsp;2, 2005, Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP (&#147;Deloitte &#038; Touche&#148;) resigned as the independent
registered public accounting firm for Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
(&#147;Lakes&#148; or &#147;Company&#148;) following the completion of its audit of the Company&#146;s
consolidated financial statements for the year ended January&nbsp;2, 2005. As previously reported on
July&nbsp;7, 2005, Deloitte &#038; Touche informed the Company on June&nbsp;30, 2005 that it would not stand for
reappointment as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm following completion
of its audit of Lakes&#146; financial statements for the year ended January&nbsp;2, 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The reports of Deloitte &#038; Touche on the consolidated financial statements of Lakes for the fiscal
years ended January&nbsp;2, 2005 and December&nbsp;28, 2003 did not contain an adverse opinion or a
disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope
or accounting principles, except that the 2004 report of Deloitte &#038; Touche contained an explanatory
paragraph relating to the restatement of the 2003 and 2002 consolidated financial statements.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During Lakes&#146; two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through the date of
Deloitte &#038; Touche&#146;s resignation, there were no disagreements with Deloitte &#038; Touche on any matter
of accounting principles and practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or
procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to Deloitte &#038; Touche&#146;s satisfaction, would have
caused it to make reference thereto in its report on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial
statements.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deloitte &#038; Touche&#146;s report on internal control over financial reporting as of January&nbsp;2, 2005,
contained an adverse opinion regarding Lakes&#146; internal control over financial reporting because of
a material weakness, which related to ineffective control procedures to identify the appropriate
application of complex accounting standards to its contractual relationships with Indian tribes.
Deloitte &#038; Touche advised Lakes that it believed the material weakness
constituted a reportable event as defined in Item&nbsp;304 (a) (1) (v)&nbsp;of Regulation&nbsp;S-K. The control
deficiency was not identified as a material weakness in management&#146;s assessment of internal control
over financial reporting, and as a result Deloitte &#038; Touche&#146;s report on internal control over financial reporting
as of January&nbsp;2, 2005 expressed an adverse opinion regarding management&#146;s assessment on internal
control over financial reporting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors of Lakes engaged Piercy Bowler Taylor &#038; Kern (PBTK)
on September&nbsp;13, 2005 to audit Lakes&#146; consolidated
financial statements for the fiscal year ending
January&nbsp;1, 2006. During Lakes&#146; two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period
through the date of PBTK&#146;s engagement (Deloitte &#038; Touche&#146;s resignation) Lakes (i)&nbsp;did not consult
with PBTK on the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed
or proposed or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company&#146;s consolidated
financial statements within the meaning of Item&nbsp;304 (a) (2) (i)&nbsp;of Regulation&nbsp;S-K; and (ii)&nbsp;did not
consult with PBTK on any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as the term is
defined in Item&nbsp;304 (a) (1) (iv)&nbsp;of Regulation&nbsp;S-K and the related instruction to Item&nbsp;304 of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item&nbsp;304 (a) (1) (v)&nbsp;of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lakes has requested Deloitte &#038; Touche to furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and
Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the foregoing disclosure. A copy of that
letter, dated December&nbsp;8, 2005, is filed as exhibit 16.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Not Applicable
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Not Applicable
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibit&nbsp;16.2. Letter from Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP dated December&nbsp;8, 2005 to the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</FONT><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Date: December 8, 2005&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/Timothy J. Cope
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Timothy J. Cope&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXHIBIT 16.2</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">December&nbsp;8, 2005
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, DC 20549-7561

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dear Sirs/Madams:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We have read Item&nbsp;4.01 of Lakes Entertainment, Inc.&#146;s Form 8-K dated December&nbsp;8, 2005, and have the
following comments:
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    <TD>We agree with the statements made in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.</TD>
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    <TD>We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in paragraph 5.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Yours truly,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">/s/ Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP
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