Advance America, Cash Advance Centers (AEA) 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 2, 2005

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-32363	58-2332639
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

135 North Church Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(864) 342-5600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02  Results of Operation and Financial Condition

On August 2, 2005, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005.  The earnings release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report.  This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 8.01  Other Events

On August 2, 2005, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share payable on September 9, 2005, to stockholders of record on August 30, 2005.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated August 2, 2005, of Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   August 2, 2005
	ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS, INC.
	By:	/s/ John I. Hill
		John I. Hill
		Executive Vice President,
		Chief Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer

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Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated August 2, 2005, of Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. and furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

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