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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950137-09-001700
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090304
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090310

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:		09669628

	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: 0pt"><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"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; March&nbsp;4, 2009</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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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">0-24993
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">41-1913991</TD>
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</TD>
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</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">130 Cheshire Lane, Suite&nbsp;101, Minnetonka, Minnesota
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">55305</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (952)&nbsp;449-9092</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Not Applicable</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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:
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    <TD>Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD>
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    <TD>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;4, 2009, Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (&#147;<B>Lakes</B>&#148;) entered into a First Amendment to
Employment Agreement with Lyle Berman, Chief Executive officer of Lakes, amending the term of Mr.
Berman&#146;s employment agreement executed on February&nbsp;15, 2006 to run from February&nbsp;15, 2009 to
February&nbsp;15, 2012. Also on March&nbsp;4, 2009, Lakes entered into a First Amendment to Employment
Agreement with Timothy Cope, President and Chief Financial Officer of Lakes, amending the term of
Mr.&nbsp;Cope&#146;s employment agreement executed on February&nbsp;15, 2006 to run from February&nbsp;15, 2009 to
February&nbsp;15, 2012.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of these agreements attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">10.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Lyle Berman dated March&nbsp;4, 2009,
effective February&nbsp;15, 2009.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>First Amendment to Employment Agreement with Tim Cope dated March&nbsp;4, 2009, effective
February&nbsp;15, 2009.</TD>
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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.
</DIV>

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<TR>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</FONT><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: March 10, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/Timothy J. Cope
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Timothy J. Cope&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.1</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FIRST AMENDMENT<BR>
TO<BR>
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This First Amendment to Employment Agreement (&#147;<B>Amendment</B>&#148;) is entered into this 4th day of
March, 2009, by and between Lyle Berman, an individual resident of the State of Minnesota (the
&#147;<B>Executive</B>&#148;) and Lakes Entertainment, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, including its subsidiaries and
affiliates (collectively, &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>RECITALS:</B>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>A.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>WHEREAS</B>, Executive and Employer did enter into a certain Employment Agreement
dated February&nbsp;15, 2006 (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) pertaining to Executive&#146;s employment with the
Company, a copy of which is attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>B.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>WHEREAS</B>, the parties desire to amend the Agreement hereby.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Section&nbsp;2 shall be amended to read as follows:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>Term</U>. The term of this Agreement and Executive&#146;s employment hereunder
will be a period of 36&nbsp;months commencing on the February&nbsp;15, 2009 and expiring 36
months therefrom (the &#147;Term&#148;). The Term will be automatically extended for successive
additional one-year periods (&#147;Additional Employment Terms&#148;) unless, at least 60&nbsp;days
prior to the end of the Term or an Additional Employment Term, the Company or the
Executive has notified the other in writing that the Agreement will terminate at the
end of the then current term. A notice of non-extension by the Company prior to the
end of the Term or during any Additional Employment Term will be treated consistent
with subsection 8a of this Agreement. A notice of non-extension by the Executive
during the Term or any Additional Employment Term will be treated as a termination by
the Executive with employment separation benefits as described in subsection 8d of this
Agreement.</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Amendment shall be expressly limited to the amendment contained herein, all remaining
terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and this Amendment when read in
conjunction with the Agreement shall encompass the complete understanding of the parties.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the parties hereto have executed this agreement effective as of the date
first written above.
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    <TD valign="top">LYLE BERMAN</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lyle Berman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Damon Schramm
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President &#151; General Counsel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.2</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FIRST AMENDMENT<BR>
TO<BR>
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This First Amendment to Employment Agreement (&#147;<B>Amendment</B>&#148;) is entered into this 4th day of
March, 2009, by and between Timothy J. Cope, an individual resident of the State of Minnesota (the
&#147;<B>Executive</B>&#148;) and Lakes Entertainment, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, including its subsidiaries and
affiliates (collectively, &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>RECITALS:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>A.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>WHEREAS</B>, Executive and Employer did enter into a certain Employment Agreement
dated February&nbsp;15, 2006 (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) pertaining to Executive&#146;s employment with the
Company, a copy of which is attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>.</TD>
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    <TD><B>WHEREAS</B>, the parties desire to amend the Agreement hereby.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
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    <TD>Section&nbsp;2 shall be amended to read as follows:</TD>
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    <TD><U>Term</U>. The term of this Agreement and Executive&#146;s employment hereunder
will be a period of 36&nbsp;months commencing on the February&nbsp;15, 2009 and expiring 36
months therefrom (the &#147;Term&#148;). The Term will be automatically extended for successive
additional one-year periods (&#147;Additional Employment Terms&#148;) unless, at least 60&nbsp;days
prior to the end of the Term or an Additional Employment Term, the Company or the
Executive has notified the other in writing that the Agreement will terminate at the
end of the then current term. A notice of non-extension by the Company prior to the
end of the Term or during any Additional Employment Term will be treated consistent
with subsection 8a of this Agreement. A notice of non-extension by the Executive
during the Term or any Additional Employment Term will be treated as a termination by
the Executive with employment separation benefits as described in subsection 8d of this
Agreement.</TD>
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    <TD>This Amendment shall be expressly limited to the amendment contained herein, all remaining
terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and this Amendment when read in
conjunction with the Agreement shall encompass the complete understanding of the parties.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the parties hereto have executed this agreement effective as of the date
first written above.
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    <TD valign="top">TIMOTHY J. COPE</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</TD>
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