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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950137-06-014163
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061221
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061227

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
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24993
		FILM NUMBER:		061299877

	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</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">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;21, 2006</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lakes Entertainment, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">130 Cheshire Lane, Suite&nbsp;101, Minnetonka, Minnesota
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (952)&nbsp;449-9092</DIV>

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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01. Other Events</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On December&nbsp;21, 2006, Lakes Entertainment, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the Voices
for Rural Living filed two Notice of Appeals to the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate
District. These cases concern the California Department of Transportation&#146;s proposed interchange
that will connect Highway 50 to the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Rancheria.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Form 8-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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(Registrant)<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Date: December 27, 2006&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Timothy J. Cope
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    <TD NOWRAP align="left" valign="top"><B>130 Cheshire Lane, Suite&nbsp;101</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>952-449-9092</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV><B>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</B><BR>
Timothy J. Cope 952-449-7030<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</B><BR>
Thursday, December&nbsp;21, 2006

</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC. ANNOUNCES<BR>
APPEAL IN SHINGLE SPRINGS MATTER</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Minneapolis, December&nbsp;21, 2006 &#151; Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: LACO) </B>announced today that on
December&nbsp;15, 2006, Voices for Rural Living (&#147;VRL&#148;) filed two Notice of Appeals to the Court of
Appeal for the Third Appellate District, the first one appealing Sacramento County Superior Court
Judge Connelly&#146;s Judgment discharging the Peremptory Writ of Mandate in the Voices for Rural Living
and Shingle Springs Neighbors for Quality Living v. California Department of Transportation, et al,
case, and the second one appealing Judge Connelly&#146;s (1)&nbsp;Order denying appellants&#146; Motion for
Preliminary Injunction and (2)&nbsp;Order sustaining Respondents&#146; Demurrers Without Leave to Amend in
the Voices for Rural Living, Chrysan Dosh, et al v. California Department of Transportation, et al,
case. These cases concern the California Department of Transportation&#146;s proposed interchange that
will connect Highway 50 to the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Rancheria. No briefs have
been filed and no hearing date has been set.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tim Cope, President of Lakes noted, &#147;This is just another in a long line of stall tactics
engaged in by Voices for Rural Living. We are confident that the California Department of
Transportation will prevail in these appeals, and we continue to actively prepare for construction
of the interchange which we anticipate will commence in early 2007.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lakes has an agreement with the Shingle Springs Tribe, which has been approved by the National
Indian Gaming Commission, to develop and manage a casino and is ready to proceed with securing
financing and starting construction when the permit is issued and the construction plans are
finalized.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About Lakes Entertainment</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Lakes Entertainment, Inc. currently has development and management agreements with five separate
Tribes for new casino operations in Michigan, California, and Oklahoma, a total of eight separate
casino sites. In addition, Lakes has announced plans to develop a company owned casino resort
project in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Company also owns approximately 61% of WPT Enterprises, Inc.
(Nasdaq: WPTE), a separate publicly held media and entertainment company principally engaged in the
development, production and marketing of gaming themed televised programming including the World
Poker Tour<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#174;</SUP> television series, the licensing and sale of branded consumer
products and the sale of corporate sponsorships.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a &#147;safe harbor&#148; for
forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as
information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by Lakes
Entertainment, Inc.) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to
plans for future expansion and other business development activities as well as other capital
spending, financing sources and the effects of regulation (including gaming and tax regulation) and
competition. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could
significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ
from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, need for current financing to meet Lakes&#146;
operational and development needs; those relating to the inability to complete or possible delays
in completion of Lakes&#146; casino projects, including various regulatory approvals and numerous other
conditions which must be satisfied before completion of these projects; possible termination or
adverse modification of management or development contracts; Lakes operates in a highly competitive
industry; possible changes in regulations; reliance on continued positive relationships with Indian
tribes and repayment of amounts owed to Lakes by Indian tribes; continued contracts with the Pawnee
Nation as a result of the change in its business council membership; possible need for future
financing to meet Lakes&#146; expansion goals; risks of entry into new businesses; reliance on Lakes&#146;
management; and the fact that the WPTE shares held by Lakes are currently not liquid assets, and
there is no assurance that Lakes will be able to realize value from these holdings equal to the
current or future market value of WPTE common stock. There are also risks and uncertainties
relating to WPTE that may have a material effect on the Company&#146;s consolidated results of
operations or the market value of the WPTE shares held by the Company, including WPTE&#146;s significant
dependence on the Travel Channel as a source of revenue; the potential that WPTE&#146;s television
programming will fail to maintain a sufficient audience; difficulty of predicting the growth of
WPTE&#146;s online casino business, which is a relatively new industry with an increasing number of
market entrants; the increased time, cost and expense of developing and maintaining WPTE&#146;s own
online gaming software; the risk that WPTE may not be able to protect its entertainment concepts,
current and future brands and other intellectual property rights; the risk that competitors with
greater financial resources or marketplace presence might develop television programming that would
directly compete with WPTE&#146;s television programming; risks associated with future expansion into
new or complementary businesses; the termination or impairment of WPTE&#146;s relationships with key
licensing and strategic partners; and WPTE&#146;s dependence on its senior management team. For more
information, review the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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