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ST. LOUIS, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/--

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE)

announced today that Virginia McDowell has been named the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, and that James B. Perry has been elected as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Perry's appointment to the Board is effective immediately, while Ms. McDowell is expected to assume her new position on July 30, 2007. Both appointments are subject to regulatory approval.

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Most recently, Ms. McDowell served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Prior to joining Trump Entertainment Resorts, Ms. McDowell spent eight years at Argosy Gaming Company in Alton, Illinois, joining the company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and ultimately holding the position of Senior Vice President of Operations. She began her gaming career in Atlantic City, holding a variety of executive positions over a 16-year time period.

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Ms. McDowell resides in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and two children. She is active in community and charitable endeavors, currently serving as the Founding Board Chair and President of Gilda's Club St. Louis,

Monday, October 24, 2005

McDowell, Keller exit Argosy for Trump casinos

St. Louis Business Journal

Two more executives from Argosy Gaming Co. are joining Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the company said Monday.

Virginia McDowell, senior vice president of operations at Argosy Gaming Co., was named executive vice president, chief information officer for Atlantic City, N.J.-based Trump Entertainment Resorts.

McDowell joined Argosy in 1997 along with James Perry, who was named president and chief executive at the time. They had worked together at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, where Perry was president and McDowell was vice president of business development.

Perry joined Trump Entertainment Resorts as president and chief executive in July.

In addition, Paul Keller, who was most recently vice president of design and construction for Argosy, was named executive vice president, design and construction, for Trump Entertainment.

Both appointments are effective Oct. 24.

Alton, Ill.-based Argosy Gaming was recently acquired by Penn National Gaming for about $2.2 billion in cash.

New York-based Trump Entertainment (OTCBB: DJTE) operates Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, and Trump Marina Hotel Casino, all in Atlantic City, and the Trump Casino Hotel, a riverboat casino in Gary, Ind.

BIO: Mr. Perry, age 58,

has been serving as a director of the Company since July, 2007. From July, 2005 until July 1, 2007, Mr. Perry served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. Mr. Perry also served as a director of Trump Entertainment and Resorts, Inc. from May, 2005 until July 1, 2007. Mr. Perry was President of Argosy Gaming Company from April 1997 through July 2002 and Chief Executive Officer of Argosy Gaming Company from April 1997 through May 2003. Mr. Perry also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Argosy Gaming Company from 2000 to July 2005. On March 4, 2008, Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. entered into an Employment Agreement with James B. Perry, which provides that Mr. Perry will serve as the Company's Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Perry is expected to assume his new position with the Company on or about March 10, 2008.

Attorney Callis places $55 million wager on Caruthersville casino

St. Louis Business Journal - August 25, 2006

by Christopher Tritto

F. Lance Callis, a Granite City lawyer who co-founded Argosy Gaming Co. , is rolling the dice on a new casino venture. Callis formed Fortunes Entertainment LLC in July and signed a definitive agreement Aug. 17 with Aztar Corp. to acquire Aztar's casino in Caruthersville, Mo. Gaming insiders estimate the purchase could cost as much as $55 million.

For now, Callis is Fortunes Entertainment's sole member, and his Aug. 18 gaming license application filed with the Missouri Gaming Commission does not disclose any other investors. But Callis and his lawyer, James Deutsch, said Callis is financially backed by a group of 'Argosy alumni' who are forming a management team to re-enter the gaming business. Neither Callis nor Deutsch would identify any of those alumni.

Callis alone controlled Argosy stock worth nearly $41 million when Wyomissing, Pa.-based Penn National Gaming Inc. made its bid to acquire Alton-based Argosy in 2004. Penn completed the $2.2 billion deal in October 2005. Callis served as an Argosy director but was not an executive with the company. Argosy's Alton Belle Casino was the first gaming facility to open in the St. Louis market and in the state of Illinois. When Argosy was sold, it owned six casinos in the St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, Kansas City, Baton Rouge, La., and Sioux City, Iowa, markets with combined revenue of more than $1 billion.

Callis, 70, was born in Norfolk, Va., but grew up in Granite City and worked in the city's steel mill while earning bachelor's and law degrees from Saint Louis University. In May 2005, Callis pledged the largest scholarship gift SLU has ever received from a graduate of its law school. Callis is providing full-tuition scholarships to 10 law students who began their studies in fall 2005, according to a SLU newsletter.

He has practiced civil litigation including railroad personal injury law as a partner at the firm of Callis, Papa, Jackstadt, Szewczyk, Rongey & Danzinger P.C. for the past 20 years. The self-described 'blue-dog Democrat' has been active in supporting Democratic political candidates in southwestern Illinois since the 1960s. His daughter, Ann Callis, is chief judge of the Madison County Circuit Court.

'Mr. Callis and other Argosy management officials and alumni are all putting equity behind (the Caruthersville acquisition) and receiving bank financing also,' said Deutsch, an attorney with the Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch L.C. law firm in Jefferson City. He said the alumni will likely join Fortunes Entertainment as the financing and licensing processes develop.

The Business Journal contacted several former Argosy directors, executives and managers, but none reached said they are involved in, or knowledgeable about, the Caruthersville acquisition.

The Aztar Caruthersville is located in the Missouri bootheel and employs 300 people. It generated revenue of $27.8 million in 2005, according to Aztar Corp.'s latest annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The riverboat casino reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $6.5 million last year.

Casinos typically sell based on a multiple of 6.5 times to 8.5 times their EBITDA, said Dale Black, Argosy's former chief financial officer and now CFO of Trump Entertainment Resorts in Atlantic City, N.J. That would place the Aztar Caruthersville's value in the range of $42 million to $55 million.

Deutsch said the Aztar Caruthersville is the smallest casino in Missouri, but that Fortunes Entertainment's backers see an opportunity to further develop and market the business to reach its full potential.

From 2004 to 2005, the casino's revenue grew 20 percent and its EBITDA improved nearly 44 percent, according to Aztar Corp.'s annual report. Aztar attributed the increases to a higher number of patrons visiting the riverboat spurred by a switch to free admission in 2005. Nearly all of its revenue growth came from slot machines.

The casino operates on a 37-acre site about five miles east of Interstate 55 on the Mississippi River, about 200 miles south of St. Louis and 100 miles north of Memphis, Tenn. It serves the southeast Missouri market, including the neighboring states of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.

The stationary riverboat has 21,000 square feet of casino space and can accommodate 1,200 passengers. It has 696 slot machines and 21 table games, including poker, plus a restaurant, sports and entertainment lounge, and a snack bar. A pavilion and outdoor arena are used for exhibitions, entertainment, rodeo competitions and other events. The property also includes parking for recreational vehicles.

The casino also has some unused land on site that Aztar has been encouraging third-party developers to turn into complementary facilities.

Phoenix-based Aztar Corp. put the casino in Caruthersville up for sale as part of its May 19 merger agreement with Wimar Tahoe Corp., doing business as Columbia Entertainment, the gaming affiliate of Columbia Sussex Corp. of Fort Mitchell, Ky. Talks between Callis and Aztar began soon after the Columbia Sussex deal was made, Deutsch said.

In addition to the Aztar Caruthersville, publicly traded Aztar Corp. operates Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Ramada Express Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nev., and Casino Aztar in Evansville, Ind.

Joe Cole, spokesman for Aztar Corp., declined to provide additional details about the company's agreement with Fortunes Entertainment.

As for potential 'Argosy alumni' who might be involved in Callis' plans, some of the top candidates have been ruled out.

Former Argosy President and CEO James Perry came out of retirement and joined Trump Entertainment Resorts as president and chief executive in July 2005.

Perry, 56, was previously an executive with Aztar in Atlantic City.

He said he has no information, however, about Callis' deal with Aztar.

After Argosy's acquisition by Penn National was completed last year, Perry quickly hired several of its top executives to work for Trump in Atlantic City.

Virginia McDowell, Argosy's senior vice president of operations, has been Trump's chief information officer since October.

Paul Keller, Argosy's vice president of design and construction, joined Trump at the same time, as executive vice president of design and construction.

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Jeanne-Marie Wilkins, former director of business strategy at Argosy, became a vice president at Trump last October.

Dale Black joined Trump as chief financial officer last November.

Former Argosy controller Richard Weber became Trump's controller in the first quarter of this year.

John Jones, Argosy's general counsel, is now a consultant to Trump. Those reached said they knew little or nothing about Callis' venture and were not involved themselves.

Richard Glasier, Argosy's president and CEO when the company was acquired, retired and moved to Carbondale, Colo. He did not return a call for comment.

Former Argosy director George Bristol was reached at his home in Austin, Texas, but said he had not been contacted about the Caruthersville deal.

'It's the first I've heard of it, but if Lance Callis is involved, I consider him to be one of the most honorable people I've ever met,' Bristol said.

Several other former Argosy board members could not be reached or did not return calls for comment. They include former chairman William Cellini, chief executive of New Frontiers Co., a real estate development and management firm with offices in Chicago and Springfield, Ill.; Jimmy Gallagher, a retired gaming industry veteran; John Pratt Sr., a lawyer in White Hall, Ill.; Edward Brennan, a partner at The Brennan Law Office P.C. in Belleville; Michael Scott, a private equity fund manager in northern Virginia; R. Ronald Burgess, former Argosy senior vice president of human resources; James Gulbrandsen, another former Argosy senior vice president; Brenda Bauer, who was regional vice president of operations in charge of Argosy's properties in Alton and Joliet, Ill., and Sioux City, Iowa; and Arnold Block, another former regional vice president of operations.

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