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Mr. Kelly is a seasoned industry executive with over 23 years of gaming experience. He has held various positions within the gaming industry including COO, CFO and GM. He has been involved in start-up and development of numerous casino and hotel properties. Mr. Kelly worked for Empress Casinos as its original CFO from 1991-1994 where he first met and worked with Mr. McEnery. From 1996 to 2004 he served initially as CFO and then as COO of The Majestic Star Casino, LLC and its affiliates, a new jurisdictional start-up gaming company that under his leadership and direction grew into a national gaming company with assets in Indiana, Colorado, Mississippi and Nevada. Mr. Kelly has a successful history of turning around properties that under-perform the market as evidenced by the success he achieved with the acquisition and turnaround strategy he employed with the acquisition of the Fitzgerald’s properties by Majestic Star. Mr. Kelly has held various gaming licenses in Nevada, Indiana, Colorado, Mississippi, Illinois, Louisiana and New Jersey. | 