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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950129-08-005554.txt : 20081110
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950129-08-005554
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081104
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081110

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:		081176017

	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></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November&nbsp;4, 2008</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> Lakes Entertainment, Inc.</FONT></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</FONT></DIV></DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On November&nbsp;5, 2008, Lakes Entertainment, Inc. issued a press release announcing that that
Issue Six, a referendum to permit one casino in Ohio, was defeated in the November&nbsp;4, 2008
statewide election.</DIV>
<DIV 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.</DIV>

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<DIV 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.</DIV>

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    <TD>Date: November 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Timothy J. Cope
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><IMG src="c47549c4754901.gif" alt="(LAKES LOGO)">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>NEWS RELEASE<br>
Lakes Entertainment, Inc.<br>
130 Cheshire Lane, Suite&nbsp;101<br>
Minnetonka, MN 55305<br>
952-449-9092<br>
952-449-9353 (fax)<br></B>
<U>www.lakesentertainment.com</U><B><br>
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 <div  style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 2pt">&nbsp;</div>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">William Schmitt &#151; Integrated Corporate Relations</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">203-682-8200, <U>investorrelations@lakesentertainment.com</U></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Timothy Cope &#151; 952-449-7030</DIV>
 <div  style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 2pt">&nbsp;</div>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">November&nbsp;5, 2008</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC. ANNOUNCES OHIO BALLOT<BR>
REFERENDUM DEFEATED</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">MINNEAPOLIS &#151; November&nbsp;5, 2008 &#151; Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: LACO) announced today
that Issue Six, a referendum to permit one casino in Ohio, was defeated in yesterday&#146;s statewide
election.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;We are very disappointed that our MyOhioNow casino resort initiative was not approved by the
voters of the State of Ohio in yesterday&#146;s election,&#148; said Lyle Berman, Chief Executive Officer of
Lakes. &#147;Unfortunately, we believe the opposition groups&#146; negative campaign clouded and confused
the issue to such an extent that the voters were truly misled as to the magnitude of the economic
benefits that this project would have brought to the State of Ohio. We feel bad for the citizens
who voted in favor of the referendum, for it will be Ohio that loses the tax revenues, the job
creation and the $600&nbsp;million investment that would have been a result of the casino.&#148;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Berman continued, &#147;During the referendum process, we never lost sight of our core operations and
development projects which continue to proceed as planned. We believe our Company is well
positioned for growth given our open casinos that continue to grow, the projects we have in various
stages of development, and the opportunities that we continue to explore.&#148;</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">About Lakes Entertainment</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Lakes Entertainment, Inc. currently has development and management or financing agreements with
four separate Tribes for casino operations in Michigan, California, and Oklahoma, for a total of
five separate casino sites. Lakes is currently managing the Cimarron Casino for the Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma and the Four Winds Casino Resort for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Lakes is
also involved in other business activities, including possible development of a Company owned
casino resort project in Vicksburg, Mississippi and the development of new table games for
licensing to Tribal and non-Tribal casinos. The Company also owns approximately 61&nbsp;percent of WPT
Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WPTE), a separate publicly held media and entertainment company engaged
in the creation of internationally branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the
development, production and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes, including
the World Poker Tour<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#174;</SUP> television series, the operation of an online gaming website, the
licensing and sale of branded products and the sale of corporate sponsorships. As a result of a
previously announced dividend of the shares of WPTE that Lakes owns, Lakes will no longer have an
ownership interest in WPTE after November&nbsp;21, 2008.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor 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 potential future financing to
meet Lakes&#146; 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; possible need for future financing
to meet Lakes&#146; expansion goals; risks of entry into new businesses; reliance on Lakes&#146; management.
For more information, review the company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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