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EXHIBIT 10.1

Execution Version

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

ThisFIRST AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT(this “Amendment”), dated as of April 28, 2010, is made by and amongPINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”),BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the Required Lenders.

Recitals

Whereas,the Borrower, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 5, 2010 (the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise noted herein, any terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not defined in this Amendment are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement;

Whereas, the Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that it plans to discontinue development of the Sugarcane Bay Property and has requested certain amendments to the Credit Agreement; and

Whereas, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Required Lenders are willing to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

Now Therefore,in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree as follows:

Section 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to the conditions and upon the terms set forth in this Amendment and in reliance on the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement is hereby modified and amended, as of the First Amendment Effective Date, as follows:

1.1Amendment to Section 7.4. Section 7.4 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (a) deleting the “and” and the end of clause (c) thereof; (b) deleting the period at the end of clause (d) thereof and replacing it with “; and” and (c) adding the following new clause (e) and the end thereof:

“(e) Any Person may merge, consolidate, amalgamate, liquidate, dissolve or Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction that is a Disposition, or a series of transactions that are Dispositions, permitted pursuant toSection 7.5 (other than Section 7.5(c)).”

1.2Amendment to Section 7.19. Section 7.19 of the Credit Agreement is restated in its entirety as follows:

“7.19Baton Rouge Project Construction Covenants. On and after January 1, 2010, apply more than $25,000,000 of funds from any source to the Expenses for the Baton Rouge Project until the Borrower shall have received New Capital Available Proceeds in an amount equal to or greater than $40,000,000.”

1.3Amendment to Schedule 7.5(g). Schedule 7.5(g) of the Credit Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the Schedule 7.5(g) attached to this Amendment as Schedule I.

Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. In order to induce the Required Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

2.1Organizational Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. The Borrower has the organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform this Amendment and each Subsidiary Guarantor has the organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Consent of Guarantors in the form ofExhibit A attached hereto (the “Consent”). Each Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment and the Consent, as applicable, and the performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party as modified by this Amendment. This Amendment and the Consent have each been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party that is a party thereto. This Amendment, the Consent, and the Loan Documents, as amended by this Amendment, constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

2.2No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Consent and the Loan Documents, as modified by this Amendment, will not violate in any material respect any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents or permitted thereunder). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.3No Default.After giving effect to this Amendment, no event has occurred, is continuing, or will result from, the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Consent that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default.

2.4Representations and Warranties.After giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date.

Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment, and the consents and approvals contained herein, shall be effective on the date (such date, the “First Amendment Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions has been satisfied:

3.1Execution of Amendment.The Borrower and the Required Lenders shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

3.2Execution of Subsidiary Guarantor Consent.Each of the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Consent of Guarantors in the form ofExhibit A attached hereto.

3.3Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date after giving effect to this Amendment.

3.4No Default. After giving effect to this Amendment and the extension of credit to be made on such date, if any, and the application of the proceeds of such extension of credit, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the First Amendment Effective Date.

3.5Approvals. All governmental and third party approvals necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the amendments to the other Loan Documents, if any, shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect or otherwise applied for or requested (and the Borrower has no reason to believe that they will not be obtained in due course), and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the amendments contemplated hereby.

Section 4. Effect Of Amendment; Ratification. This Amendment is a Loan Document. From and after the date on which this Amendment becomes effective, all references in the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Except as expressly amended hereby or waived herein, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the Liens granted thereunder, shall remain in full force and effect, and all terms and provisions thereof are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 5. Borrower Confirmation. The Borrower confirms that as amended hereby, each of the Loan Documents is in full force and effect, and that none of the Loan Parties has any defenses, setoffs or counterclaims to its Obligations.

Section 6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 7. No Waiver. Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment does not constitute a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, amend or modify any provision of any Loan Document or constitute a course of dealing or any other basis for altering the Obligations of any Loan Party.

Section 8. Integration. The Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as amended by this Amendment) represents the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein.

Section 9. Captions. The catchlines and captions herein are intended solely for convenience of reference and shall not be used to interpret or construe the provisions hereof.

Section 10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this

Amendment shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Administrative Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Amendment as of the date set forth above.


BORROWER:	PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation
	By:	/s/ Stephen H. Capp
		Name:	Stephen H. Capp
		Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer