LAS VEGAS, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) announced today that its annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for stockholders of record as of April 15, 2003. A proxy statement describing the annual meeting business will be mailed to stockholders in the near future.

About Pinnacle Entertainment

Pinnacle Entertainment owns and operates seven casinos (four with hotels) in Nevada, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana and Argentina, and receives lease income from two card club casinos, both in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Company is also developing a major casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, subject to continued compliance with the conditions of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

For further information, please contact: Dan Lee, Chairman & CEO, or Steve Capp, CFO, or Wade Hundley, COO, all of Pinnacle Entertainment, +1-702-784-7777; or Sean Collins, Partner of Coffin Communications Group, +1-818-789-0100, for Pinnacle Entertainment.

Source: Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.