LAS VEGAS, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) announced that shareholders at the annual meeting today approved the election of nine members to the Board of Directors. In addition, shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's 2002 Stock Option Plan that increases the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under that plan by 1 million shares, and approved an amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation that increases the total number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 40 million to 80 million.


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.


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