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Mr. Cope, age 55, is the President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Lakes Entertainment, Inc. and has been with the organization since the company was formed in December 1998. Prior to that time, Mr. Cope held the positions of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Grand Casinos, Inc., the company he joined in 1993. While at Grand Casinos, Mr. Cope was involved with the development, financing and management of eight different casino resorts.
Mr. Cope has over twenty-five years of broad-based gaming resort experience with such companies as Bally's Entertainment and MGM Grand, in various operational areas such as table games, slots, keno, cage and credit, food and beverage, and hotels along with the finance and accounting areas.
Mr. Cope is a Licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Nevada and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Reno. In addition, Mr. Cope holds certificates in computer programming and industrial engineering. He has served as Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of what was then the Bally's Employees Federal Credit Union, President and Director of the Better Business Bureau of Northern Nevada and has worked with many service, church and non-profit organizations throughout the course of his career. | 