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<PERIOD>20030625
<FILING-DATE>20030627
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>STEIN ALFRED J
<CIK>0001202440
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4/A
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>000-24603
<FILM-NUMBER>03761353
</FILING-VALUES>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>405 SW COLUMBIA ST
<CITY>BEND
<STATE>OR
<ZIP>97702
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP
<CIK>0001057746
<ASSIGNED-SIC>5734
<IRS-NUMBER>510379406
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0131
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>103 FOULK ROAD
<STREET2>STE 202
<CITY>WILMINGTON
<STATE>DE
<ZIP>19803
<PHONE>3027784778
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>931 MATLACK ST
<CITY>WEST CHESTER
<STATE>PA
<ZIP>19382
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
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<TYPE>4/A
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-06-25</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2003-06-27</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001057746</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ELBO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>STEIN ALFRED J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeSecurity>
        <securityTitle>
            <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
        </securityTitle>
        <conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <value>22.44</value>
        </conversionOrExercisePrice>
        <transactionDate>
            <value>2003-06-25</value>
        </transactionDate>
        <transactionCoding>
            <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
            <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
            <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
        </transactionCoding>
        <transactionTimeliness>
            <value></value>
        </transactionTimeliness>
        <transactionAmounts>
            <transactionShares>
                <value>5000</value>
            </transactionShares>
            <transactionValue>
                <value>22.44</value>
            </transactionValue>
            <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                <value>A</value>
            </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
        </transactionAmounts>
        <exerciseDate>
            <value>2004-06-25</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
        </exerciseDate>
        <expirationDate>
            <value>2013-06-25</value>
        </expirationDate>
        <underlyingSecurity>
            <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </underlyingSecurityTitle>
            <underlyingSecurityShares>
                <value>5000</value>
            </underlyingSecurityShares>
        </underlyingSecurity>
        <postTransactionAmounts>
            <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                <value>5000</value>
            </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
        </postTransactionAmounts>
        <ownershipNature>
            <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <value>D</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </directOrIndirectOwnership>
        </ownershipNature>
    </derivativeSecurity>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The stock options vest in three equal installments beginning on June 25, 2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amendment to Form 4 is filed to correct the Form 4 filed on June 27, 2003 (the &quot;Original Form 4&quot;) which incorrectly listed the stock options as being held by a group.  The stock options reported on the Original Form 4 are directly owned only by Alfred J. Stein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Alfred J. Stein</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-06-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

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